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אמר רבי שמעון בן לקיש
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תורה שנתן הקב"ה הייתה עורה של אש לבנה וכתובה באש שחורה, היא אש וחצובה מאש והיא מוכללת באש ונתונה באש,
הדא הוא דכתיב: מימינו אש דת למו
R. Simeon ben Lakish said: The scroll which Gd gave was of white fire and its writing of black. It was itself fire and it was hewn out of fire, completely formed of fire and given in fire, as it says, "At his right hand was a fiery law unto them (Deut 33:3).
(א) בֶּן זוֹמָא אוֹמֵר, אֵיזֶהוּ חָכָם, הַלּוֹמֵד מִכָּל אָדָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים קיט) מִכָּל מְלַמְּדַי הִשְׂכַּלְתִּי כִּי עֵדְוֹתֶיךָ שִׂיחָה לִּי.
(1) Ben Zoma says: Who is the wise one? He who learns from all men, as it says, "I have acquired understanding from all my teachers" (Psalms 119:99).
(כב) בֶּן בַּג בַּג אוֹמֵר, הֲפֹךְ בָּהּ וַהֲפֹךְ בָּהּ, דְּכֹלָּא בָהּ. וּבָהּ תֶּחֱזֵי, וְסִיב וּבְלֵה בָהּ, וּמִנַּהּ לֹא תָזוּעַ, שֶׁאֵין לְךָ מִדָּה טוֹבָה הֵימֶנָּה:
(22) Ben Bag Bag says: Search in it and search in it, since everything is in it. And in it should you look, and grow old and be worn in it; and from it do not move, since there is no characteristic greater than it.
Questions for reflection.
Choose one source that spoke to you and explain what you take out of it.
How is a person like a Sefer Torah ?
What if we saw every person as a Sefer Torah?
How would this change our behavior?
How come we don't see people as a Torah?
How do we get others to see this way?