Quoting%20commentary for Nedarim 109:9

א"ל כיון שעושה אדם את עצמו כמדבר שהוא מופקר לכל תורה ניתנה לו במתנה שנאמר וממדבר מתנה וכיון שניתנה לו במתנה נחלו אל שנאמר וממתנה נחליאל וכיון שנחלו אל עולה לגדולה שנאמר ומנחליאל במות ואם הגביה עצמו הקב"ה משפילו שנאמר (במדבר כא, כ) ומבמות הגיא ולא עוד אלא ששוקעין אותו בקרקע שנאמר (במדבר כא, כ) ונשקפה על פני הישימון ואם חוזר בו הקב"ה מגביהו

— He replied, When one makes himself as the wilderness, which is free to all,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., is prepared truly to teach the Torah to all. ');">¹⁵</span> the Torah is presented to in from the field', is wider in scope, and applies to everything brought in from the field, even fruit and vegetables. him as a gift [mattanah] as it is written, 'And from the wilderness, Mattanah'. And once he has it as a gift, God gives it to him as an inheritance [nahaliel],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it becomes his safe possession. ');">¹⁶</span> as it is written, 'And from Mattanah, Nahaliel;' And when God gives it him as an inheritance, he ascends to greatness' as it is written, 'And from Nahaliel, Bamoth [heights']. But if he exalts himself, the Holy One, blessed be He, casts him down, as it is written, 'And from Bamoth, the valley'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the heights he is hurled down into the valley. ');">¹⁷</span> Moreover, he is made to sink<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec. pressed down — [H] — which has a more obvious connection with the verse adduced. ');">¹⁸</span> into the earth, as it is written, Which is pressed down<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] E.V. 'which looketh', is here connected with [H] to strike (down). ');">¹⁹</span> into the desolate soil. But should he repent, the Holy One, blessed be He, will raise him again,

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