Hillel Quote

Jon R. Venema grammata at compuserve.com
Sat Nov 14 12:16:25 EST 1998



M.Aboth 1.1:  Moses received the Law from Sinai and committed it to Joshua, 
and Joshua to the elders, and the elders to the Prophets; and the Prophets 
committed it to the men of the Great Synagogue.  They said three things:  
Be deliberate in judgment, raise up many disciples, and make a fence around 
the Law (H. Danby, The Mishnah).  For a an exceptional explanation of seyag 
la-torah and the meaning of "fence," see Samuel Sandmel, Judaism and 
Christian Beginnings, p. 110.

Jon



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