The Torah Is the One Purchase That Grows When Shared

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 363:4

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Parashat Terumah. (Exodus 25:1-3) "And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the children of Israel, that they take for Me an offering." This is what Scripture said (Proverbs 4:2), "For I have given you a good acquisition; do not forsake My Torah" - "a good acquisition." In the way of the world, two merchants were in a city; one deals in silk and one deals in fine wool. They stood together. One said to his fellow: Do you wish to exchange? He said to him: Yes. They exchanged one with the other; this one gives silk and takes fine wool. It turns out that this one has one thing in his hand and that one has one thing in his hand. But the Torah is not so. This one studies the Order of Seeds and that one studies the Order of Damages. The two stood together. One said to his fellow: Teach me the Order of Seeds and I will teach you the Order of Damages. It turns out that this one has two in his hand and that one has two in his hand. Is there a greater acquisition than this? This is "For I have given you a good acquisition."

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