EXOD284 From here it is derived that one must make a blessing over a miracle. (Berachoth 54a)

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EXOD287 R. Avin Halevi said: All who partake of a feast in which a Torah scholar is a principal, are basking, as it were, in the Divine Presence. As it is written: "And Aaron came and all the elders of Israel to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God." Now is it before God that they ate? Is it not before Moses that they ate? From here we infer, then, that if one partakes of the feast in which a Torah scholar is a principle, it is as if he would bask in the Divine Presence (Berachoth 64a).

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EXOD288 R. Yishmael taught: Now is it before God that they ate? [Is it not before Moses that they ate?] From here we derive that one who pays attendance upon his fellow man is paying attendance, as it were, upon the Shechinah itself (Yerushalmi Eruvin 5:1).

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EXOD290 And it is written: "And the people stood," which teaches us that the judges sit and the litigants stand (Shevuoth 30b).

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EXOD306 It has rightly been said: One who emerges from a beth-din that has just confiscated his jacket [in judgment] should go on his way singing [that he has been spared from thievery]. Shmuel said to R. Yehudah: This is intimated in the verse: "and also all this people, and its place shall come in peace. (Sanhedrin 7a)

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EXOD344 The Torah hereby teaches us derech eretz [proper deportment], that one should return an answer to his sender; for Moses said: Even though He knows, I shall return an answer (Mechilta).

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EXOD346 Let us analyze this. It is written (34:3): "Also the sheep and the cattle shall not feed opposite that mountain" [Where the Shechinah abides]. Why, then, is it stated: "With the sounding of the shofar they shall ascend the mountain"? [i.e., Why should the departure of the Shechinah not suffice?] To teach that anything [prohibited] by consensus requires another consensus to permit it [though the reason for the original prohibition no longer applies] (Beitzah 5b)

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EXOD409 It was taught: "Honor your father and your mother": "eth avicha" [lit. with your father"] -- to include your father's wife [i.e., your stepmother]; "ve'eth imecha" [lit., "and with your mother"] -- to include your mother's husband [i.e., your stepfather]; the extra vav ["ve'eth"] - to include your older brother (Kethuvoth 103a)

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EXOD422 It was taught: It is written: "Honor your father and your mother," and (Proverbs 3:9): "Honor the Lord from your wealth." Just as there, expenditure is indicated, here, too, expenditure is assumed (Kiddushin 32b)

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EXOD423 It was taught: R. Shimon b. Yochai says: Great is the honoring of father and mother, the Holy One Blessed be He having preferred it to His own honor. For with respect to His honor it is written (Proverbs 3:9): "Honor the Lord from your wealth." "From your wealth"--If you have [money], you are obligated [in the performance of mitzvoth entailing expense], and if not, you are exempt. In respect to the honoring of parents, however, it is written: "Honor your father and your mother" -- even if you must go collecting from door-to-door [in order to do so] (Yerushalmi Peah)

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