Rav Huna said,
“Discord is comparable to a channel from an overflowing river – once it
starts, it will continue to widen” - as in Proverbs, “The opening of a channel is a
beginning of a discord.” Abaye Kashisha said, “Discord is like a
plank in a bridge: once people walk on it, it becomes firm and stays
firm.”
One man liked to say, “Fortunate is one who hears his denigration
without responding. A hundred misfortunes will pass him by.” Said Rav
Yehudah, “beginning of discord (ראשית מדון)“ can be translated as
beginning of a hundred misfortunes (ריש מאה דיני).
One man liked to say, “When our love was strong, we could have lain
together on the width of a sword, but now a bed of sixty amot (100 feet)
does not suffice for us.” Said Rav Huna - and so it is with God, at
first it was "...and I will
meet you (Moses) there and speak to you..." from above the ten
hand-breadth Ark, but later about the Temple built by Solomon
“...Says God - what house can
you build for me?”
Art: Vincent Van Gogh - Bridge at Arles
