Rabbi Aha on Wisdom Speaking Blessing and Curse

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Bechukotai 4:5

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Another interpretation. "She utters her sayings" (Proverbs 1:21). Rabbi Aha said: She speaks the good, and she speaks the evil. "If you do not heed Me, the Lord will make the rain of your land powder, etc." (Deuteronomy 28:24) — behold, the evil. And she speaks the good: "If you walk in My statutes" — what is written there? "Then I will give your rains in their season" (Leviticus 26:4).

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