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Midrash sobre Pirkei Avot 2:10

הֵם אָמְרוּ שְׁלשָׁה שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, יְהִי כְבוֹד חֲבֵרְךָ חָבִיב עָלֶיךָ כְּשֶׁלָּךְ, וְאַל תְּהִי נוֹחַ לִכְעֹס. וְשׁוּב יוֹם אֶחָד לִפְנֵי מִיתָתְךָ. וֶהֱוֵי מִתְחַמֵּם כְּנֶגֶד אוּרָן שֶׁל חֲכָמִים, וֶהֱוֵי זָהִיר בְּגַחַלְתָּן שֶׁלֹּא תִכָּוֶה, שֶׁנְּשִׁיכָתָן נְשִׁיכַת שׁוּעָל, וַעֲקִיצָתָן עֲקִיצַת עַקְרָב, וּלְחִישָׁתָן לְחִישַׁת שָׂרָף, וְכָל דִּבְרֵיהֶם כְּגַחֲלֵי אֵשׁ:

Dijeron tres cosas [en derech eretz, en mussar y en medio (porque en las áreas de prohibido permitido, exento de responsabilidad, dijeron muchas cosas. O, en estas tres áreas, siempre había una "perla" en su bocas.)] R. Eliezer dice: Deja que el honor de tu amigo sea tan querido para ti como el tuyo y no te conmuevas fácilmente. [es decir, ¿cuándo es esto posible? Cuando no te mueves fácilmente a la ira. (Esto es una cosa, porque si te enojas fácilmente, es imposible no menospreciar el honor de tu amigo).] Y arrepiéntete un día antes de tu muerte. [Esta es la segunda cosa. Porque como uno no sabe cuándo va a morir, se arrepentirá hoy para que no muera mañana.] Y caliéntate ante el fuego de los sabios. [Esto es lo tercero.], Pero ten cuidado con su carbón [para que no te sientas mareado ante ellos] para que no te quemen [es decir, para que no seas castigado por ellos]. Porque su mordedura es la mordedura de un zorro, [que es muy difícil de curar. Porque sus dientes son pequeños, torcidos e inclinados, y el cirujano corta la carne con un bisturí para ensanchar la picadura], y su aguijón es el aguijón de un escorpión, [que es peor que la mordedura de una serpiente], y su El habla es el silbido de una serpiente ardiente. [que arde cuando silba. Alternativamente: La serpiente ardiente no debe ser hechizada como otras serpientes, como está escrito (Salmo 58: 6): "No escucha la voz de los encantadores". Entonces, un estudioso de la Torá. Si lo antagonizas y vienes a apaciguarlo, no es (fácilmente) apaciguado], y todas sus palabras son como carbones de fuego.

Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer

Why was his name called Ben Zizith Hakkeseth? Because he reclined at table in a higher position than the other magnates of Jerusalem. Concerning Nicodemus ben Gorion, people said that he had (stored) provisions containing 3 S'ah of fine flour for every inhabitant of Jerusalem. When the zealots arose and burnt all the storehouses, they measured and found that he had had provisions for three years for every inhabitant in Jerusalem. Concerning Ben Kalba S'bua it was told that he had a house measuring 4 Kors with roofs covered with gold. The people said (to R. Jochanan): Behold, the father of R. Eliezer has arrived. He bade them saying: Prepare a place for him, and seat him next to us. (R. Jochanan) fixed his gaze on R. Eliezer, saying to him, Tell us some words of the Torah. (R. Eliezer) answered him saying: Rabbi! I will tell thee a parable. To what is the matter like? To this well which cannot yield more water than the amount which it has drawn (from the earth); likewise am I unable to speak words of the Torah in excess of what I have received from thee.
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Pesikta Rabbati

... [What about all] the praise of Joseph, who exceeded in the honor of his father? And yet he did not enter into him all the time, such that were it not that they came to tell him, "Your father is sick," he would not have known! Rather this is to inform you of his righteousness. For he did not want to be alone with his father, lest he say to him, "How did your brothers act with you?" And [then] he would curse them.... Hence he did not go to his father all the time.)
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Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer

Hence thou mayest learn that the words of the Torah are like coals of fire. Why was it "at his right hand"? Whence do we know (that it was given to them) with expression of love? Because it is said, "The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength" (Isa. 62:8).
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