Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Taanit 54:4

אמר אברהם רבש"ע שמא ישראל חוטאין לפניך אתה עושה להם כדור המבול וכדור הפלגה א"ל לאו אמר לפניו רבש"ע הודיעני במה אירשנה א"ל (בראשית טו, ט) קחה לי עגלה משולשת ועז משולשת וגו'

should have precedence and Jehoiarib should be subordinate [to him].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Because he refused to return at the time with Ezra, v. n. 4.]');"><sup>4</sup></span> AND THE ISRAELITES OF THE MISHMAR ASSEMBLED IN THEIR CITIES AND READ [FROM THE LAW] THE STORY OF CREATION, On what is this based? - R'Jacob B'Aha said in the name of R'Assi: Were it not for the Ma'amadoth heaven and earth could not endure, as it is said, And he said: O Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XV, 8.');"><sup>5</sup></span>

Shenei Luchot HaBerit

Our sages have taught that anyone who nowadays studies the details of the sacrificial service in the Temple, is as if he had actually offered those sacrifices (Menachot 110). When someone observes that a second party is able to perform a certain מצוה that he himself is unable to perform, the "preparation," הכנה, that we described includes his advising the second party how best to fulfill such מצוה which he himself is unable to perform. If he does that, he too will be considered as if he had performed it.
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