## Shabbat Daf 89a

###### Shabbat 89a:1
[Shabbat 89a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/89a:1)

עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה? שׁוּב: מָה כְּתִיב בָּהּ? ״זָכוֹר אֶת יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ״ — כְּלוּם אַתֶּם עוֹשִׂים מְלָאכָה, שֶׁאַתֶּם צְרִיכִין שְׁבוּת? שׁוּב: מָה כְּתִיב בָּהּ? ״לֹא תִשָּׂא״ — מַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן יֵשׁ בֵּינֵיכֶם? שׁוּב: מָה כְּתִיב בָּהּ? ״כַּבֵּד אֶת אָבִיךָ וְאֶת אִמֶּךָ״ — אָב וָאֵם יֵשׁ לָכֶם? שׁוּב: מָה כְּתִיב בָּהּ? ״לֹא תִּרְצָח״, ״לֹא תִּנְאָף״, ״לֹא תִּגְנֹב״. קִנְאָה יֵשׁ בֵּינֵיכֶם? יֵצֶר הָרָע יֵשׁ בֵּינֵיכֶם? מִיָּד הוֹדוּ לוֹ לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״ה׳ אֲדֹנֵינוּ מָה אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ וְגוֹ׳״, וְאִילּוּ ״תְּנָה הוֹדְךָ עַל הַשָּׁמָיִם״ לָא כְּתִיב.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**idols** that you require this special warning? **Again** Moses asked: **What** else **is written in it?** The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to him: **“Remember the Shabbat day to sanctify it”** (Exodus 20:8). Moses asked the angels: **Do you perform labor that you require rest** from it? **Again** Moses asked: **What** else **is written in it? “Do not take** the name of the Lord your God in vain” (Exodus 20:7), meaning that it is prohibited to swear falsely. Moses asked the angels: **Do you** conduct **business with one another** that may lead you to swear falsely? **Again** Moses asked: **What** else **is written in it?** The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to him: **“Honor your father and your mother”** (Exodus 20:12). Moses asked the angels: **Do you have a father or a mother** that would render the commandment to honor them relevant to you? **Again** Moses asked: **What** else **is written in it?** God said to him: **“You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal”** (Exodus 20:13) Moses asked the angels: **Is there jealousy among you,** or **is there an evil inclination within you** that would render these commandments relevant? **Immediately they agreed with the Holy One, Blessed be He,** that He made the right decision to give the Torah to the people, and **as it is stated: “God our Lord, how glorious is Your name in all the earth”** (Psalms 8:10), **while “that Your majesty is placed above the heavens” is not written** because the angels agreed with God that it is appropriate to give the Torah to the people on earth.


###### Shabbat 89a:2
[Shabbat 89a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/89a:2)

מִיָּד כׇּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד נַעֲשָׂה לוֹ אוֹהֵב וּמָסַר לוֹ דָּבָר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״עָלִיתָ לַמָּרוֹם שָׁבִיתָ שֶּׁבִי לָקַחְתָּ מַתָּנוֹת בָּאָדָם״ — בִּשְׂכַר שֶׁקְּרָאוּךְ ״אָדָם״, לָקַחְתָּ מַתָּנוֹת. אַף מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת מָסַר לוֹ דָּבָר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיִּתֵּן אֶת הַקְּטֹרֶת וַיְכַפֵּר עַל הָעָם״, וְאוֹמֵר: ״וַיַּעֲמֹד בֵּין הַמֵּתִים וּבֵין הַחַיִּים וְגוֹ׳״ — אִי לָאו דַּאֲמַר לֵיהּ מִי הֲוָה יָדַע?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Immediately, each and every one** of the angels **became an admirer** of Moses **and passed something to him, as it is stated: “You ascended on high, you took a captive, you took gifts on account of man,** and even among the rebellious also that the Lord God might dwell there” (Psalms 68:19). The meaning of the verse is: **In reward for** the fact **that they called you man,** you are not an angel and the Torah is applicable to you, **you took gifts** from the angels. And **even the Angel of Death gave him something,** as Moses told Aaron how to stop the plague, **as it is stated: “And he placed the incense, and he atoned for the people”** (Numbers 17:12). **And** the verse **says: “And he stood between the dead and the living,** and the plague was stopped” (Numbers 17:13). **If** it were **not that** the Angel of Death **told him** this remedy, **would he have known** it?


###### Shabbat 89a:3
[Shabbat 89a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/89a:3)

וְאָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁיָּרַד מֹשֶׁה מִלִּפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, בָּא שָׂטָן וְאָמַר לְפָנָיו: רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, תּוֹרָה הֵיכָן הִיא? אָמַר לוֹ: נְתַתִּיהָ לָאָרֶץ. הָלַךְ אֵצֶל אֶרֶץ, אָמַר לָהּ: תּוֹרָה הֵיכָן הִיא? אָמְרָה לוֹ: ״אֱלֹהִים הֵבִין דַּרְכָּהּ וְגוֹ׳״. הָלַךְ אֵצֶל יָם, וְאָמַר לוֹ: ״אֵין עִמָּדִי״. הָלַךְ אֵצֶל תְּהוֹם, אָמַר לוֹ: ״אֵין בִּי״. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״תְּהוֹם אָמַר לֹא בִי הִיא וְיָם אָמַר אֵין עִמָּדִי״, ״אֲבַדּוֹן וָמָוֶת אָמְרוּ בְּאׇזְנֵינוּ שָׁמַעְנוּ שִׁמְעָהּ״. חָזַר וְאָמַר לִפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, חִיפַּשְׂתִּי בְּכׇל הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא מְצָאתִיהָ. אָמַר לוֹ: לֵךְ אֵצֶל בֶּן עַמְרָם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: When Moses descended from** standing **before the Holy One, Blessed be He,** with the Torah, **Satan came and said before Him: Master of the Universe, where is the Torah?**
**He said to him: I have given it to the earth. He went to the earth,** and **said to it: Where is the Torah?** It **said to him:** I do not know, as only: **“God understands its way,** and He knows its place” (Job 28:23).
**He went to the sea** and asked: Where is the Torah? **And** the sea **said to him: “It is not with me.”**
**He went to the depths** and asked: Where is the Torah? And the depths **said to him: “It is not within me.”** And from where is it derived that the sea and the depths answered him this way? **As it is stated: “The depth said: It is not within me, and the sea said: It is not with me”** (Job 28:14). **“Destruction and death said: We heard a rumor of it with our ears”** (Job 28:22).
Satan **returned and said before the Holy One, Blessed be He: Master of the Universe, I searched** for the Torah **throughout all the earth and did not find it.** He **said to him: Go to** Moses, **son of Amram.**


###### Shabbat 89a:4
[Shabbat 89a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/89a:4)

הָלַךְ אֵצֶל מֹשֶׁה אָמַר לוֹ: תּוֹרָה שֶׁנָּתַן לְךָ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא הֵיכָן הִיא? אָמַר לוֹ: וְכִי מָה אֲנִי שֶׁנָּתַן לִי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא תּוֹרָה? אָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְמֹשֶׁה: מֹשֶׁה, בַּדַּאי אַתָּה?! אָמַר לְפָנָיו: רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, חֶמְודָּה גְּנוּזָה יֵשׁ לְךָ שֶׁאַתָּה מִשְׁתַּעֲשֵׁעַ בָּהּ בְּכׇל יוֹם, אֲנִי אַחְזִיק טוֹבָה לְעַצְמִי? אָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְמֹשֶׁה: הוֹאִיל וּמִיעַטְתָּ עַצְמְךָ תִּקָּרֵא עַל שִׁמְךָ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״זִכְרוּ תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה עַבְדִּי וְגוֹ׳״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**He went to Moses** and **said to him: The Torah that the Holy One, Blessed be He, gave you, where is it?** Moses evaded the question and **said to him: And what am I that the Holy One, Blessed be He, would have given me the Torah?** I am unworthy. **The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to Moses: Moses, are you a fabricator?** Moses **said before Him: Master of the Universe, You have a hidden treasure in which You delight every day,** as it is stated: “And I was His delight every day, playing before Him at every moment” (Proverbs 8:30). **Should I take credit for myself** and say that You gave it to me? **The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to Moses: Since you belittled yourself,** the Torah **will be called by your name, as it is stated: “Remember the Torah of Moses My servant** to whom I commanded at Horeb laws and statutes for all of Israel” (Malachi 3:22).


###### Shabbat 89a:5
[Shabbat 89a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/89a:5)

וְאָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁעָלָה מֹשֶׁה לַמָּרוֹם מְצָאוֹ לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֶׁהָיָה קוֹשֵׁר כְּתָרִים לָאוֹתִיּוֹת. אָמַר לוֹ: מֹשֶׁה, אֵין שָׁלוֹם בְּעִירְךָ? אָמַר לְפָנָיו: כְּלוּם יֵשׁ עֶבֶד שֶׁנּוֹתֵן שָׁלוֹם לְרַבּוֹ? אָמַר לוֹ: הָיָה לְךָ לְעׇזְרֵנִי, מִיָּד אָמַר לוֹ: ״וְעַתָּה יִגְדַּל נָא כֹּחַ ה׳ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: When Moses ascended on High, he found the Holy One, Blessed be He, tying crowns to letters.** On the tops of certain letters there are ornamental crownlets. Moses said nothing, and God **said to him: Moses, is there no greeting in your city?** Do people not greet each other in your city? He **said before Him: Does a servant greet his master?** That would be disrespectful. He **said to him:** At least **you should have assisted Me** and wished Me success in My work. **Immediately** he **said to Him: “And now, may the power of the Lord be great as you have spoken”** (Numbers 14:17).


###### Shabbat 89a:6
[Shabbat 89a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/89a:6)

אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: מַאי דִּכְתִיב: ״וַיַּרְא הָעָם כִּי בֹשֵׁשׁ מֹשֶׁה״ — אַל תִּקְרֵי ״בּוֹשֵׁשׁ״, אֶלָּא ״בָּאוּ שֵׁשׁ״. בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁעָלָה מֹשֶׁה לַמָּרוֹם אָמַר לָהֶן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל: לְסוֹף אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם בִּתְחִלַּת שֵׁשׁ אֲנִי בָּא. לְסוֹף אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם בָּא שָׂטָן וְעִירְבֵּב אֶת הָעוֹלָם. אָמַר לָהֶן: מֹשֶׁה רַבְּכֶם הֵיכָן הוּא? אָמְרוּ לוֹ: עָלָה לַמָּרוֹם. אָמַר לָהֶן: בָּאוּ שֵׁשׁ, וְלֹא הִשְׁגִּיחוּ עָלָיו. מֵת, וְלֹא הִשְׁגִּיחוּ עָלָיו. הֶרְאָה לָהֶן דְּמוּת מִטָּתוֹ, וְהַיְינוּ דְּקָאָמְרִי לֵיהּ לְאַהֲרֹן: ״כִּי זֶה מֹשֶׁה הָאִישׁ וְגוֹ׳״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
And **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: What** is the meaning of that **which is written: “And the people saw that Moses delayed [*boshesh*]** to come down from the mount” (Exodus 32:1)? **Do not read** the word in the verse as ***boshesh*; rather,** read it as ***ba’u shesh*, six** hours **have arrived. When Moses ascended on High, he told** **the Jewish people: In forty days, at the beginning of six** hours, **I will come. After forty days, Satan came and brought confusion to the world** by means of a storm, and it was impossible to ascertain the time. Satan **said to** the Jews: **Where is your teacher Moses?** They **said to him: He ascended on High.** He **said to them: Six** hours **have arrived** and he has not yet come. Surely he won’t. **And they paid him no attention.** Satan said to them: Moses **died. And they paid him no attention.** Ultimately, **he showed them an image of his** death-**bed** and an image of Moses’ corpse in a cloud. **And that is what** the Jewish people **said to Aaron: “For this Moses, the man** who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has become of him” (Exodus 32:1).


###### Shabbat 89a:7
[Shabbat 89a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/89a:7)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ הָהוּא מֵרַבָּנַן לְרַב כָּהֲנָא: מִי שְׁמִיעַ לָךְ מַאי ״הַר סִינַי״? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הַר שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ בּוֹ נִסִּים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל. ״הַר נִיסַּאי״ מִיבְּעֵי לֵיהּ! אֶלָּא: הַר שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה סִימָן טוֹב לְיִשְׂרָאֵל. ״הַר סִימָנַאי״ מִיבְּעֵי לֵיהּ! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מַאי טַעְמָא לָא שְׁכִיחַתְּ קַמֵּיהּ דְּרַב פָּפָּא וְרַב הוּנָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ דִּמְעַיְּינִי בְּאַגָּדְתָּא? דְּרַב חִסְדָּא וְרַבָּה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב הוּנָא דְּאָמְרִי תַּרְוַויְיהוּ: מַאי ״הַר סִינַי״? הַר שֶׁיָּרְדָה שִׂנְאָה לְאֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם עָלָיו. וְהַיְינוּ דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי חֲנִינָא: חֲמִשָּׁה שֵׁמוֹת יֵשׁ לוֹ: מִדְבַּר צִין — שֶׁנִּצְטַוּוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל עָלָיו; מִדְבַּר קָדֵשׁ — שֶׁנִּתְקַדְּשׁוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל עָלָיו; מִדְבַּר קְדֵמוֹת — שֶׁנִּתְּנָה קְדוּמָה עָלָיו; מִדְבַּר פָּארָן —

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**One of the Sages said to Rav Kahana: Did you hear what** is the reason that the mountain was called **Mount Sinai?** Rav Kahana **said to him:** It is because it is **a mountain upon which miracles [*nissim*] were performed for the Jewish people.** The Sage said to him: If so, **it should have been** called **Mount Nisai,** the mountain of miracles. **Rather,** Rav Kahana said to him: It is **a mountain that was a good omen [*siman*] for the Jewish people.** The Sage said to him: If so, **it should have been** called **Har Simanai,** the mountain of omens. Rav Kahana **said to him: What is the reason** that **you do not frequent** the school where you can study **before Rav Pappa and Rav Huna, son** of **Rav Yehoshua, who study *aggada*? As Rav Ḥisda and Rabba, son of Rav Huna, both said: What** is the reason it is called **Mount Sinai?** It is because it is **a mountain upon which hatred [*sina*] for the nations of the world descended** because they did not accept the Torah. **And that is what Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Ḥanina, said:** The desert in which Israel remained for forty years **has five names.** Each name has a source and a rationale: **The Zin Desert,** because **the Jewish people were commanded [*nitztavu*] in it; the Kadesh Desert,** because **the Jewish people were sanctified [*nitkadshu*] in it. The Kedemot Desert,** because the **ancient** [***keduma***] Torah, which preceded the world, **was given in it. The Paran Desert,**