Carve For Yourself and How Moses Grew Rich

"Carve for yourself" (Exodus 34:1-2). Rabbi Chama bar Chanina said: From the chips of the tablets Moses grew rich, as it is said, "Carve for yourself," meaning the chips shall be yours. Rabbi Chanan said: A quarry of precious stones and pearls the Holy One, blessed be He, revealed to him within his tent, and from there Moses grew rich. At first the Torah was given only to Moses and his descendants, as it is said, "Write for yourself" (Exodus 34:27); "Carve for yourself," just as the carving is yours, so too the writing is yours. Moses dealt generously with it and gave it to Israel, and of him Scripture says, "He who has a generous eye shall be blessed" (Proverbs 22:9). Rabbi Yochanan said: The Holy One, blessed be He, causes His Presence to rest only upon one who is mighty, wealthy, wise, and humble, and all these are derived from Moses. Mighty, as it is written, "And I grasped the two tablets and I broke them before your eyes" (Deuteronomy 9:17), and it was taught that the tablets were six handbreadths in length and six in width. Wealthy, as it is written, "Carve for yourself." Wise, as Rav and Shmuel both said, fifty gates of understanding were given to Moses, all but one, as it is said, "And You made him lack but little of the Divine" (Psalms 8:6). Humble, as it is written, "And the man Moses was very humble" (Numbers 12:3).