NUM7 It was taught: R. Shmuel b. Nachmani said in the name of R. Yonathan: If one teaches his friend's son Torah, it is as if he had begotten him; for it is written; "And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses," followed by (3): "These are the names of the sons of Aaron"--To teach that Aaron begot them and Moses taught them, for which reason they are called by his [Moses'] name (Sanhedrin 19b)

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NUM9 It was taught: Abba Chanan says in the name of R. Elazar: All who do not beget children deserve to die, as is written:" and Nadav and Avihu died… and they did not have sons." If they had sons, they would not have died (Yevamoth 64a)

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NUM17 R. Nachman b. Yitzchak said: Whoever has terumoth and ma'asroth [tithes] and gives them to the priest is destined to grow rich, as it is written: "A man [midrashically: 'who'] gives to the priest, to him [the giver] shall it be" (Berachoth 63a)

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NUM19 R. Yochanan said: If one has terumoth and ma'asroth [tithes] and does not give them to the priest, in the end he himself will have need of them [i.e., he will have recourse to the tithes for the poor], as it is written: "and a man [midrashically: 'who withholds'] his holy things, to him shall they be" [forthcoming from others, viz., as the tithe for the poor] (Berachoth 63a)

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NUM24 From here it is derived that capital cases are opened with the defense of the accused (Sanhedrin 32b)

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NUM30 It was taught: He shall warn her: not in the midst of frivolity, or casual talk, or light-headedness, or strife, or fright [But in reasoned, serious manner]. If he did warn her in one of the above states, what is the halachah? It is as we have said: Wherever "statute" or "law" is mentioned, the halachah is categorical [i.e., if not observed as stated, it is non-ineffective] (Yerushalmi Sotah 1:1)

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NUM52 Let Him be gracious unto you in [the granting of] your requests, as it is written (Exodus 33:19): "And I shall be gracious to whom I shall be gracious." Another view: "And be gracious unto you"-- let him grant you grace in the eyes of men, as it is written (Genesis 39:21): "And He granted him grace in the eyes of the overseer of the prison" (Sifrei)

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NUM53 "to shine" -- This refers to the light of Torah, as it is written (Proverbs 6:23):"For a mitzvah is a lamp, and the Torah, light" (Sifrei)

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NUM71 R. Dostai expounded: And when it rested, he said"" -- This teaches us that the Shechinah does not rest upon fewer than two thousand and two ten thousands of Israel. So that if Israel were two thousand and two ten thousands less one, and there were a pregnant woman among them, who could complete the number, and a dog barked at her and caused her to miscarry -- it would emerge that this one [the owner of the dog] had caused the Shechinah to depart from Israel -- whence it was ruled: One may not keep a dog unless it is chained (Bava Kamma 83b)

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NUM72 The Rabbis taught: And when it rested, he said: Return, O Lord, -- to the ten thousands thousands of Israel"-- This teaches us that the Shechinah does not rest upon fewer than two thousand and two ten thousands of Israel. So that if Israel were two thousand and two ten thousands less one, it would emerge that one who did not fulfill the command to be fruitful and multiply caused the Shechinah to depart from Israel (Yevamoth 64a)

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