למוד LEARNING: book one 1-9

BOOK ONE

1. One who gives delight to his father and cheers him, through this he will have desire and love for learning.

2. When you want to give life to something through reciting words of your Torah, do not expound on negative subjects. Rather, expound on verses and subjects that deal with the good.

3. When a man recites novel Torah teachings, through this he gives joy to the Blessed G-d.

4. When a wicked person says Torah [t.n. This probably means his own exposition], know that he causes to stumble (t.n. This is an inference even to sin) those who listen to his teaching.

5. One who causes his friend to desist from his learning, it is certain that he has deviated from the Way of G-d.

6. Torah learning, even while half a sleep, is good.

7. Through accepting suffering with love, one does not forget his learning.

8. All the Torah that a person tried to learn in this world, and was prevented from understanding the full true intent of the learning, he will merit to understand it properly (/truthfully) in the World to Come.

9. Through rising for a Torah scholar, one merits to Torah.

דעת COGNIZANCE (da'as): book one 26-34

26. When a certain understanding is revealed to a person, it is certain that he will soon be raised some height.

27. When one repents with all his heart, G-d grants his heart to know His desire and will.

28. One who has not rectified his sins, cannot have a relationship with G-d (/know G-d).

29. Through truth, you merit to know the ways of G-d.

30. Also through hosting guests.

31. When you do kindness of truth (/truthful kindness) to the righteous, you merit to know that all the ways -- of prayer, of eating, and of all the other pleasures -- are all the Way of G-d.

32. Through joyous singing, one will be a cognizant person.

33. One who is repaid with evil for the good he did, the Holy One, Blessed is He, has mercy on him and grants him great intelligence in the service of the Creator.

34. According to the measure a man increases doing good deeds, so the Holy One, blessed is He, deepens his intelligence, that is, he gives him a great mind.

יראה FEAR OF G-D 15-27

15. Someone who has fear of Heaven can break the heart of the haughty ...


16. ... and draws down the Divine Presence into the world ....


17. ... and comes into the grip of submission [to G-d].


18. Also, the instigator is not able to deviate him.


19. One who constantly clings to the fear of Hashem, may He be Blessed, the Holy One, Blessed be He, does miracles for him.


20. One who is constantly connected to the fear of G-d and does not forget about it -- all of his sins are pardoned.


21. One who has fear of G-d will certainly listen to the voice of the righteous.


22. He will also come to the attribute of trust [in G-d].


23. Through fear (of Heaven) the Holy One, Blessed be He, gives him peace.


24. Someone who does not have fear of G-d, does not walk in the way of Hashem.


25. Through fear of G-d, one comes to truth.

26. One who has fear of G-d does not fall from his greatness, and keeps getting greater.


27. One who has the wisdom of Elokim (G-d) in his heart, the people will be afraid of him.