Reference for Pesachim 136:8

דתניא ר' אליעזר אומר אין לו לאדם בי"ט אלא או אוכל ושותה או יושב ושונה ר' יהושע אומר חלקהו חציו לאכילה ושתיה וחציו לבית המדרש

R. Shesheth used to revise his studies every thirty days, and he would stand and lean at the side of the doorway and exclaim, 'Rejoice, O my soul, Rejoice. O my soul; for thee have I read [the Bible], for thee have I studied [the Mishnah].' But that is not so, for R. Eleazar said, But for the Torah, heaven and earth would not endure, for it is said, If not for my covenant by day and by nightj had not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth? - In the first place when a man does it [sc. studies], he does so with himself in mind.

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