Chapter Six

Perek 6

פֶּרֶק ו

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Hebrew

בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה. בְּשָׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמוֹר
עָלֶיךָ, בַּקֶּבֶר. וַהֲקִיצוֹתָ הִיא
תְשִׂיחֶךָ, לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא. וְאוֹמֵר:
לִי הַכֶּסֶף וְלִי הַזָּהָב, נְאֻם יְיָ
צְבָאוֹת.

Sephardi

ba-olam hazeh. B'shochb'cha tishmor
alecha, bakever. Vahakitzotah hi
t'sichecha, la-olam haba. Ve'omer:
Li hakesef v'li hazahav, n'um Adonai
Tzeva'ot.

English

creations, so a person cannot really own gold and silver. Whereas Torah becomes part of a person, and therefore remains with him in the World to Come.

Hebrew

י חֲמִשָּׁה קִנְיָנִים קָנָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ
בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּעוֹלָמוֹ, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן:
תּוֹרָה, קִנְיָן אֶחָד. שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ,
קִנְיָן אֶחָד. אַבְרָהָם, קִנְיָן
אֶחָד. יִשְׂרָאֵל, קִנְיָן אֶחָד. בֵּית
הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, קִנְיָן אֶחָד. תּוֹרָה
מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב: יְיָ קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית
דַּרְכּוֹ, קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז.
שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב: כֹּה
אָמַר יְיָ, הַשָּׁמַיִם כִּסְאִי וְהָאָרֶץ
הֲדֹם רַגְלַי, אֵי זֶה בַיִת אֲשֶׁר
תִּבְנוּ לִי וְאֵיזֶה מָקוֹם מְנוּחָתִי,
וְאוֹמֵר: מָה רַבּוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ יְיָ,
כֻּלָּם בְּחָכְמָה עָשִׂיתָ, מָלְאָה
הָאָרֶץ קִנְיָנֶךָ. אַבְרָהָם מִנַּיִן,
דִּכְתִיב: וַיְבָרְכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמַר: בָּרוּךְ
אַבְרָם לְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן, קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם
וָאָרֶץ. יִשְׂרָאֵל מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב:
עַד יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ יְיָ, עַד יַעֲבֹר

Sephardi

10 Chamishah kinyanim kanah haKadosh
Baruch Hu b'olamo, v'elu hen:
Torah, kinyan echad. Shamayim va'aretz,
kinyan echad. Avraham, kinyan
echad. Yisrael, kinyan echad. Beit
hamikdash, kinyan echad. Torah
minayin, dichtiv: Adonai kanani reshit
darko, kedem mif'alav mei'az.
Shamayim va'aretz minayin, dichtiv: Koh
amar Adonai, hashamayim kis'i v'ha'aretz
hadom raglai, ei zeh bayit asher
tivnu li v'eizeh makom m'nuchati,
ve'omer: Mah rabu ma'asecha Adonai,
kulam bechochmah asita, mal'ah
ha'aretz kinyanecha. Avraham minayin,
dichtiv: Vayvarecheihu vayomer: Baruch
Avram l'El Elyon, koneh shamayim
va'aretz. Yisrael minayin, dichtiv:
Ad ya'avor amecha Adonai, ad ya'avor

English

10 The Holy One, blessed be He, took ownership of five possessions in His world. They are: Torah—one possession;1 heaven and earth—one possession; Abraham our forefather—one possession; the Children of Israel—one possession; the Holy Temple—one possession. From where do we know that God takes ownership of the Torah? Because it is written in Proverbs: The Lord took ownership of the Torah before the creation of the world, before His work, long ago. From where do we know that God takes ownership of the heaven and earth? Because it is written in Isaiah: The Lord says as follows: The heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool, so what house can you build for Me? And where is My resting place? And as King David says in Psalms: Lord, how many are the works of Your hands! You made them all with great wisdom. The earth is full of Your possessions. From where do we know that God took ownership of Abraham our forefather? Because it is written in the Torah: And Malkizedek blessed him and said: Blessed is Abraham who belongs to God, the Highest, Owner of heaven and earth. From where do we know that God takes ownership of the Children of Israel? Because it is written in the Torah: Lord, scare away any enemies until Your nation crosses over; until this nation, which You took possession of, crosses over the Jordan River and safely enters the Land of Israel. And it says in Psalms: The holy people who are buried in the

Hebrew

עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ, וְאוֹמֵר: לַקְּדוֹשִׁים
אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה, וְאַדִּירֵי
כָּל חֶפְצִי בָם. בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ
מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב: מָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ
פָּעַלְתָּ יְיָ, מִקְּדָשׁ אֲדֹנָי כּוֹנְנוּ
יָדֶיךָ, וְאוֹמֵר: וַיְבִיאֵם אֶל גְּבוּל
קָדְשׁוֹ, הַר זֶה קָנְתָה יְמִינוֹ.

Sephardi

am zu kanita, ve'omer: Lakdoshim
asher ba'aretz hemah, v'adirei
kol cheftzi vam. Beit hamikdash
minayin, dichtiv: Machon l'shivt'cha
pa'alta Adonai, mikdash Adonai konenu
yadecha, ve'omer: Vayvi'em el g'vul
kodsho, har zeh kanetah yemino.

English

land—the mighty ones, the Jewish Nation—all My delight is in them, says God. From where do we know that God took ownership of the Holy Temple? Because it is written in the Torah: You will bring Your people, the Jewish Nation, to the place that You, Lord, made as a dwelling place for Yourself—the Sanctuary that You, Lord, set up with Your hands. And it says in Psalms: And God brought the Jewish Nation to the place of His holiness, the mountain that His right hand acquired.

Hebrew

יא כָּל מַה שֶּׁבָּרָא הַקָּדוֹשׁ
בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּעוֹלָמוֹ, לֹא בְּרָאוֹ
אֶלָּא לִכְבוֹדוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: כֹּל
הַנִּקְרָא בִשְׁמִי וְלִכְבוֹדִי,
בְּרָאתִיו יְצַרְתִּיו אַף עֲשִׂיתִיו.
וְאוֹמֵר: יְיָ יִמְלֹךְ לְעֹלָם וָעֶד.

Sephardi

11 Kol mah shebara haKadosh
Baruch Hu b'olamo, lo b'ra'o
ela lichvodo, shene'emar: Kol
hanikra vishmi v'lichvodi,
b'rativ y'tzartiv af asitiv.
Ve'omer: Adonai yimloch l'olam va'ed.

English

11 Everything that the Holy One, blessed be He, created in His world He created only in order to reveal His glory, as it says in Isaiah: Everything that is called by My name, I have created, formed, and made for My glory.2 And it says in the Torah: The Lord will rule as king forever and ever, and all of God's creations are for the purpose of revealing His glory.

Hebrew

רַבִּי חֲנַנְיָא בֶּן עֲקַשְׁיָא אוֹמֵר: רָצָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ
בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְזַכּוֹת אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, לְפִיכָךְ
הִרְבָּה לָהֶם תּוֹרָה וּמִצְוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: יְיָ חָפֵץ
לְמַעַן צִדְקוֹ, יַגְדִּיל תּוֹרָה וְיַאְדִּיר.

Sephardi

Rabbi Chananya ben Akashya omer: Ratzah haKadosh
Baruch Hu lezakot et Yisrael, lefichach
hirbah lahem Torah umitzvot, shene'emar: Adonai chafetz
lema'an tzidko, yagdil Torah v'ya'dir.

English

Rabbi Chananya ben Akashya says: the Holy One, blessed be He, wanted to make the Children of Israel have many merits. He therefore gave them an abundance of Torah and commandments, so that they would have many opportunities to connect to God. As it says in Isaiah: The Lord wanted, for the sake of increasing the Jewish Nation's righteousness, that the Torah be made great and glorious.