Reference for Moed Katan 9:24

רבי ינאי הוה ליה ההוא תלמידא דכל יומא הוה מקשי ליה בשבתא דריגלא לא הוה מקשי ליה

R'Ashi said: And they shall have charge of My charge,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXII, 9 as referring especially to priests and Levites who are charged again and again with repeated warnings. Cf. Num. XVIII, 3,4,5.');">²⁰</span> [which implies], make safeguards to My charge. Rabina said: And to him who ordereth<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the sense of marking off the unclean paths for the people to avoid.');">²¹</span> [we-sam] his way will I show the salvation of God.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. L, 23.');">²²</span> Said R'Joshua B'Levi, Whoever appraises [ha-sham] his ways [in this life]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Some texts add these words. oa');">²³</span> becomes privileged to behold the salvation of the Holy One, blessed be He, for it is said: '[And to him] who ordereth his way'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. L, 23.');">²²</span> Read not [we-sam]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the root to put, place, set out, e.g., Ex. XXI, 13 and especially Isa. XLIII, 19. oa');">²⁴</span> who sets [his way], but [we-sham]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the later Hebrew , to estimate, the value or worth of an object or claim.');">²⁵</span> who appraises the worth [of his way], him will I show the divine salvation. R'Jannai had a certain disciple who daily raised critical points [at his college]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Often this task was assigned to the most prominent member of the college or the Vice-principal.');">²⁶</span> but refrained from raising any critical points at the periodic lectures of the Festival Sabbaths<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When many strangers were gathered to hear the master on the topics of the day. Cf. B.M. 97a.');">²⁷</span>

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