## Moed Katan Daf 29a

###### Moed Katan 29a:1
[Moed Katan 29a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/29a:1)

כְּצִיפּוֹרֵי בְּפִי הַוֶּושֶׁט. רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: כְּפִטּוּרֵי בְּפִי וֶושֶׁט.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**as** it is **for a knotted rope [*tzippori*] to pass through an eye [*veshet*]** in a ship’s rigging. **Rabbi Yoḥanan said:** It is as difficult **as** it is **for a halyard [*pitirei*] to pass through an eye [*veshet*].**


###### Moed Katan 29a:2
[Moed Katan 29a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/29a:2)

וְאָמַר רַבִּי לֵוִי בַּר חַיְתָא: הַנִּפְטָר מִן הַמֵּת, לֹא יֹאמַר לוֹ ״לֵךְ לְשָׁלוֹם״, אֶלָּא ״לֵךְ בְּשָׁלוֹם״. הַנִּפְטָר מִן הַחַי, לֹא יֹאמַר לוֹ ״לֵךְ בְּשָׁלוֹם״, אֶלָּא ״לֵךְ לְשָׁלוֹם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rabbi Levi bar Ḥayyata said: One who departs from the deceased should not say to him: Go to peace, but rather** he should say: **Go in peace. One who departs from the living should not say to him: Go in peace, but rather** he should say: **Go to peace.**


###### Moed Katan 29a:3
[Moed Katan 29a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/29a:3)

הַנִּפְטָר מִן הַמֵּת, לֹא יֹאמַר לוֹ ״לֵךְ לְשָׁלוֹם״, אֶלָּא ״לֵךְ בְּשָׁלוֹם״, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְאַתָּה תָּבֹא אֶל אֲבוֹתֶיךָ בְּשָׁלוֹם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**One who departs from the deceased should not say to him: Go to peace, but rather: Go in peace, as it is stated: “And you shall go to your fathers in peace;** you shall be buried in a good old age” (Genesis 15:15).


###### Moed Katan 29a:4
[Moed Katan 29a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/29a:4)

הַנִּפְטָר מִן הַחַי, לֹא יֹאמַר לוֹ ״לֵךְ בְּשָׁלוֹם״, אֶלָּא ״לֵךְ לְשָׁלוֹם״, שֶׁהֲרֵי דָּוִד שֶׁאָמַר לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם ״לֵךְ בְּשָׁלוֹם״, הָלַךְ וְנִתְלָה, יִתְרוֹ שֶׁאָמַר לְמֹשֶׁה ״לֵךְ לְשָׁלוֹם״, הָלַךְ וְהִצְלִיחַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**One who departs from the living should not say to him: Go in peace, but rather: Go to peace, as David said to Absalom: “Go in peace”** (II Samuel 15:9), and **he** subsequently **went and was hanged;** whereas **Jethro said to Moses: “Go to peace”** (Exodus 4:18), and **he went and was successful.**


###### Moed Katan 29a:5
[Moed Katan 29a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/29a:5)

וְאָמַר רַבִּי לֵוִי: כׇּל הַיּוֹצֵא מִבֵּית הַכְּנֶסֶת לְבֵית הַמִּדְרָשׁ, וּמִבֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת, זוֹכֶה וּמְקַבֵּל פְּנֵי שְׁכִינָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״יֵלְכוּ מֵחַיִל אֶל חָיִל יֵרָאֶה אֶל אֱלֹהִים בְּצִיּוֹן״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rabbi Levi said: Anyone who leaves from the synagogue** and goes **to the study hall or** goes **from the study hall to the synagogue,** i.e., he goes from the mitzva of prayer to the mitzva of Torah study or vice versa, **merits to receive the Divine Presence, as it is stated: “They go from strength to strength, every one of them appears before God in Zion”** (Psalms 84:8).


###### Moed Katan 29a:6
[Moed Katan 29a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/29a:6)

אָמַר רַב חִיָּיא בַּר אָשֵׁי אָמַר רַב: תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים אֵין לָהֶם מְנוּחָה אֲפִילּוּ לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״יֵלְכוּ מֵחַיִל אֶל חָיִל יֵרָאֶה אֶל אֱלֹהִים בְּצִיּוֹן״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to the same verse, **Rav Ḥiyya bar Ashi said** that **Rav said: Torah scholars have no rest, even in the World-to-Come,** as even there they remain in constant movement and ascent, **as it is stated: “They go from strength to strength, every one of them appears before God in Zion.”** Even when they are in the World-to-Come, they continue to go from strength to strength, until the final redemption will arrive in the end of days and God will appear in Zion.


###### Moed Katan 29a:7
[Moed Katan 29a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/29a:7)

**הֲדַרַן עֲלָךְ וְאֵלּוּ מְגַלְּחִין וּסְלִיקָא לַהּ מַסֶּכֶת מוֹעֵד קָטָן**