Proverbs/Job/Eclesiastes/Daniel

Question 1

שְׁמַע בְּנִי, מוּסַר אָבִיךָ; וְאַל-תִּטֹּשׁ, תּוֹרַת אִמֶּךָ

Answer 1

Proverbs 1:8

8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

proverbs contains ancestral wisdom that should be followed.

Question 2

יז דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי-נֹעַם; וְכָל-נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלוֹם

יח עֵץ-חַיִּים הִיא, לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ; וְתֹמְכֶיהָ מְאֻשָּׁר

Answer 2

Prov 3:17-18

not really about Torah, it is about wisdom. the idea became so assimilated that we say when we put away the torah

Question 3

יְהוָה–קָנָנִי, רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ: קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז.

Answer 3

Proverbs 8:22

22 The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.

Hochma talking: I was establised first. later hazal read this as torah,

Question 4

אֵשֶׁת-חַיִל, מִי יִמְצָא; וְרָחֹק מִפְּנִינִים מִכְרָהּ.

Answer 4

Proverbs 31:10

10 A woman of valour who can find? for her price is far above rubies.

an eshet chail means she is industrious

Question 5

שֶׁקֶר הַחֵן, וְהֶבֶל הַיֹּפִי: אִשָּׁה יִרְאַת-יְהוָה, הִיא תִתְהַלָּל.

Answer 5

Proverbs 31:30

30 Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

don’t fall for someone superficial, it won’t work out in the long run

Question 6

וַיֹּאמֶר עָרֹם יָצָתִי מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי, וְעָרֹם אָשׁוּב שָׁמָּה–יְהוָה נָתַן, וַיהוָה לָקָח; יְהִי שֵׁם יְהוָה, מְבֹרָךְ.

Answer 6

Job 1:21

21 And he said; naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither; the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

I come and go naked. all the stuff I lost doesn’t matter. Jonb accepts his suffering

Question 7

\ עֹדְךָ מַחֲזִיק בְּתֻמָּתֶךָ; בָּרֵךְ אֱלֹהִים, וָמֻת.

Answer 7

Job 2:9

9 Then said his wife unto him: ‘Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? blaspheme God, and die.’

Job’s wife says: you cling to your integrity. curse God and die.

Question 8

אֱלִיפַז הַתֵּימָנִי וּבִלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וְצוֹפַר הַנַּעֲמָתִי;

Answer 8

Job 2:11

11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

names of Jobs three friends

Question 9

יֹאבַד יוֹם, אִוָּלֶד בּוֹ; וְהַלַּיְלָה אָמַר, הֹרָה גָבֶר

Answer 9

Job 3:3

3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night wherein it was said: ‘A man-child is brought forth.’

I sould have never been born!

Question 10

וַיַּעַן, אֱלִיהוּא בֶן בַּרַכְאֵל הַבּוּזִי– וַיֹּאמַר:

Answer 10

Job 32:6

6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: {N}
I am young, and ye are very old; {N}
wherefore I held back, and durst not declare you mine opinion.

4th friend who appears and in narrative is out of place

Question 11

מִי זֶה, מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּין– בְּלִי-דָעַת

Answer 11

Job 38:2

2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

God says to everyone: stop all this nonsense.

Question 12

ה אַחַת דִּבַּרְתִּי, וְלֹא אֶעֱנֶה; וּשְׁתַּיִם, וְלֹא אוֹסִיף

Answer 12

Job 40:5

5 Once have I spoken, but I will not answer again; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further. {P}

Job says to God. I am done, said what I had to say, and I get it.

Question 13

עַל-כֵּן, אֶמְאַס וְנִחַמְתִּי– עַל-עָפָר וָאֵפֶר

Answer 13

Job 42:6

6 Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, seeing I am dust and ashes. {P}

Job agrees he is nothing in the face of God

Question 14

הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים הַכֹּל הָבֶל

Answer 14

Ecc 1:2

vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

hevel is vapor from your mouth. it disapates. everything you though was important is nothing.

Question 15

א. לַכֹּל זְמָן וְעֵת לְכָל חֵפֶץ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם

ב. עֵת לָלֶדֶת וְעֵת לָמוּת עֵת לָטַעַת וְעֵת לַעֲקוֹר נָטוּעַ:

ג. עֵת לַהֲרוֹג וְעֵת לִרְפּוֹא עֵת לִפְרוֹץ וְעֵת לִבְנוֹת

ד. עֵת לִבְכּוֹת וְעֵת לִשְׂחוֹק עֵת סְפוֹד וְעֵת רְקוֹד

 ה. עֵת לְהַשְׁלִיךְ אֲבָנִים וְעֵת כְּנוֹס אֲבָנִים עֵת לַחֲבוֹק וְעֵת לִרְחֹק מֵחַבֵּק

ו. עֵת לְבַקֵּשׁ וְעֵת לְאַבֵּד עֵת לִשְׁמוֹר וְעֵת לְהַשְׁלִיךְ

ז. עֵת לִקְרוֹעַ וְעֵת לִתְפּוֹר עֵת לַחֲשׁוֹת וְעֵת לְדַבֵּר

ח. עֵת לֶאֱהֹב וְעֵת לִשְׂנֹא עֵת מִלְחָמָה וְעֵת שָׁלוֹם

Answer 15

Ecc. 3:1-8

1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

there is an occasion for everything. not empowering- you have no control over the time.

Question 16

ט טוֹבִים הַשְּׁנַיִם, מִן-הָאֶחָד: אֲשֶׁר יֵשׁ-לָהֶם שָׂכָר טוֹב, בַּעֲמָלָם.

וְהַחוּט, הַמְשֻׁלָּשׁ, לֹא בִמְהֵרָה, יִנָּתֵק.

Answer 16

Ecc 4:9,12

9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

12 And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

from Kohelelt. together everyone achieves more

Question 17

ז לֵךְ אֱכֹל בְּשִׂמְחָה לַחְמֶךָ, וּשְׁתֵה בְלֶב-טוֹב יֵינֶךָ: כִּי כְבָר, רָצָה הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת-מַעֲשֶׂיךָ. ח בְּכָל-עֵת, יִהְיוּ בְגָדֶיךָ לְבָנִים; וְשֶׁמֶן, עַל-רֹאשְׁךָ אַל-יֶחְסָר. ט רְאֵה חַיִּים עִם-אִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר-אָהַבְתָּ, כָּל-יְמֵי חַיֵּי הֶבְלֶךָ, אֲשֶׁר נָתַן-לְךָ תַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, כֹּל יְמֵי הֶבְלֶךָ: כִּי הוּא חֶלְקְךָ, בַּחַיִּים, וּבַעֲמָלְךָ, אֲשֶׁר-אַתָּה עָמֵל תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ.

Answer 17

Ecc 9:7-9

7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works. 8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no oil. 9 Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which He hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun.

just enjoy the time you have because thats all you have

Question 18

לֹא לַקַּלִּים הַמֵּרוֹץ וְלֹא לַגִּבּוֹרִים הַמִּלְחָמָה וְגַם לֹא לַחֲכָמִים לֶחֶם וְגַם לֹא לַנְּבֹנִים עֹשֶׁר, וְגַם לֹא לַיֹּדְעִים, חֵן: כִּי-עֵת וָפֶגַע, יִקְרֶה אֶת-כֻּלָּם

Answer 18

Ecc. 9:11

11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

עֵת וָפֶגַע, time and circumstance. you have no control

Question 19

א שַׁלַּח לַחְמְךָ, עַל-פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם: כִּי-בְרֹב הַיָּמִים, תִּמְצָאֶנּוּ.

Answer 19

Ecc. 11:1

Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.

do not be afraid to let go of things. it will come back to you.

Question 20

וְיָשֹׁב הֶעָפָר עַל-הָאָרֶץ, כְּשֶׁהָיָה; וְהָרוּחַ תָּשׁוּב, אֶל-הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר נְתָנָהּ.

Answer 20

Ecc. 12:7

And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

you will die and something will return to God. this does not imply an afterlife

Question 21

עֲשׂוֹת סְפָרִים הַרְבֵּה אֵין קֵץ,

Answer 21

Ecc 12:12

12 And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

there is no end to the crazy shit people write. Just keep the Torah and don’t listen to kohelelt.

Question 22

ז וַיָּשֶׂם לָהֶם שַׂר הַסָּרִיסִים, שֵׁמוֹת; וַיָּשֶׂם לְדָנִיֵּאל בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר, וְלַחֲנַנְיָה שַׁדְרַךְ, וּלְמִישָׁאֵל מֵישַׁךְ, וְלַעֲזַרְיָה עֲבֵד נְגוֹ.

Answer 22

Dan 1:7

7 And the chief of the officers gave names unto them: unto Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.

goyish names of Daniel’s friends

Question 23

מְנֵא מְנֵא, תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין

Answer 23

Dan 5:25

25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN.

kings dream sees this phrase written on wall. Daniel interprets it to mean your days are counted and the persians are coming

Question 24

וְכַוִּין פְּתִיחָן לֵהּ בְּעִלִּיתֵהּ, נֶגֶד יְרוּשְׁלֶם; וְזִמְנִין תְּלָתָה בְיוֹמָא הוּא בָּרֵךְ עַל-בִּרְכוֹהִי, וּמְצַלֵּא וּמוֹדֵא קֳדָם אֱלָהֵהּ, כָּל-קֳבֵל דִּי-הֲוָא עָבֵד, מִן-קַדְמַת דְּנָה. {ס

Answer 24

Dan 6:11

11 And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house–now his windows were open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem–and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. {S}

proto-kashrut and proto-davening of Daniel

Question 25

דָּנִיֵּאל אִישׁ-חֲמֻדוֹת

Answer 25

Dan 10:11

11 And he said unto me: ‘O Daniel, thou man greatly beloved, give heed unto the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright; for now am I sent unto thee’; and when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

daniels epithet- he is muched beloved.