רבות בנות עשו חיל גו' שהתורה נקנית במ"ח דברים כמ"ש לעיל וכל מי שיש לו מדות מן אלו המ"ח יותר יש לו תורה יותר אבל א"א שיהיה לאדם כל המ"ח רק שיש לא' איזה מהם ולהב' מדות אחרים עד שבין כולם יהיה כל המ"ח והתורה כולה אינה נקנית רק ע"י כל המ"ח וזהו רבות בנות שהם הת"ח עשו חיל שהן המ"ח וא"ת שהוא כלל התורה כולה עלית על כולנה ע"י כולם
Torah is greater than the priesthood or sovereignty, for sovereignty is acquired with thirty virtues, the priesthood with twenty-four, and Torah is acquired with forty-eight qualities. These are: study, listening, verbalizing, comprehension of the heart, awe, fear, humility, joy, purity, serving the sages, companionship with one's contemporaries, debating with one's students, tranquility, study of the scriptures, study of the Mishnah, minimizing engagement in business, minimizing socialization, minimizing pleasure, minimizing sleep, minimizing talk, minimizing gaiety, slowness to anger, good heartedness, faith in the sages, acceptance of suffering, knowing one's place, satisfaction with one's lot, qualifying one's words, not taking credit for oneself, likableness, love of G-d, love of humanity, love of charity, love of justice, love of rebuke, fleeing from honor, lack of arrogance in learning, reluctance to hand down rulings, participating in the burden of one's fellow, judging him to the side of merit, correcting him, bringing him to a peaceful resolution [of his disputes], deliberation in study, asking and answering, listening and illuminating, learning in order to teach, learning in order to observe, wising one's teacher, exactness in conveying a teaching, and saying something in the name of its speaker. Thus we have learned: One who says something in the name of its speaker brings redemption to the world, as is stated (Esther 2:22), "And Esther told the king in the name of Mordechai."
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