...certain day, the yeshiva discussed the verse shemen ro'sh al yam' ro'sh'i (the King James Version: "it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head"; Psalms 141:5), and the participants were divided as to its interpretation. Then our master Hayy, of...

...thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. 141:5 Let the righteous smite me; (it shall be) a kindness:...yet my prayer also (shall be) in their calamities. 141:6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet....

...spirit, especially when we know we deserve it. David expressed this spirit beautifully when he said: - Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove mej it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer 8 Titus 3s4 - But...

...heart from inclining toward any evil thing, 5. Let the righteous rebuke me for the sins I commited; it shall be a kindness; and let him reprove me; it shall be excellent oil, which shall not break my head, for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities....

...thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. 5. Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness:...for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. 6. When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet....

...lips. "Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity. "Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness:...let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil. "Mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. "Keep me...

...do wrong and you wish to correct me, accuse me openly of my fault : do not backbite me secretly. " Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness, and let him reprove me ; but let not the oil of the sinner enrich my head. " " For what says the apostle ? " Whom the Lord...

...generally cruel, so just correction is ever merciful. For whence is that which you do not understand: "Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; and let him reprove me " ? For while he says this of the severity of merciful correction, the Psalmist immediately went on...

...confirms yonr error; if one who flatters, he seduces you into error. " Let the righteous," therefore, " smite me, it shall be a kindness; and let him reprove me; but the oil of the sinner shall not anoint my head."* CHAP. I . — THERE IS A DOUBLE .RULE FOR UNDERSTANDING...