Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Quotation for Eruvin 107:8

אמר רב יהודה בר' חייא בא וראה שלא כמדת הקב"ה מדת בשר ודם מדת בשר ודם אדם נותן סם לחבירו לזה יפה ולזה קשה אבל הקב"ה אינו כן נתן תורה לישראל סם חיים לכל גופו שנאמר ולכל בשרו מרפא

shall be a healing to thy navel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. III, 8.');"><sup>21</sup></span> If he feels pain in his bones, let him engage in the study of the Torah, sinc it is said: And marrow to thy bones.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. III, 8.');"><sup>21</sup></span> If he feels pain in all his body, let him engage in the study of the Torah, since it is said: And healing to all his flesh.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. IV, 22.');"><sup>22</sup></span> R'Judah son of R'Hiyya remarked: Come and see how the dispensation<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'measure.');"><sup>23</sup></span>

Rashi on Exodus

לא אשים עליך I WILL NOT PLACE ON THEE — and if I do place them on thee because thou refusest to hearken to My voice, it will be as though they had not been placed on thee, for if thou repentest of thy disobedience I will remove them immediately, כי אני ה׳ רפאך BECAUSE I AM THE LORD THAT HEALETH THEE. This is its Midrashic explanation (Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael 15:15). But according to its literal sense the meaning is: For I am the Lord who healeth thee and teacheth thee the Law and Commandments in order that thou mayst be saved from them (these diseases) — like a physician who says to a man: Do not eat this thing lest it will bring you into danger from this disease. So, too, it states, (Proverbs 3:8) “It (obedience to God) will be wholesome to thy body” (implying that disease will not fall upon thee) (Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael 15:15).
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