(Deut. 4:41:) THEN MOSES SET APART THREE CITIES. This text is related (to Eccl. 5:9 [10]): A LOVER OF MONEY NEVER RECEIVES ENOUGH MONEY; NOR WHOEVER LOVES ABUNDANCE, ENOUGH PRODUCE. THIS ALSO IS VANITY. R. Nehemiah says: Whoever loves the Torah never receives enough Torah.¹⁰ When one learns Mishnah, he seeks to learn the Talmud. When one learns, Talmud, he seeks to learn Tosafot.¹¹ So also: NOR WHOEVER LOVES ABUNDANCE, ENOUGH PRODUCE. Nor does he raise up students.¹² 1:1. THIS ALSO IS VANITY.

footnotes: ¹⁰ Deut. R. 2:26/27. ¹¹ Buber, in n. 7, that Tosefta is what is meant here. ¹² See Avot

Another interpretation (of Eccl. 5:9 [10]): WHOEVER LOVES ABUNDANCE (rt.: HMH), i.e., whoever longs for (rt.: HMH) and yearns (rt.: HMH) after the commandments. (Ibid., cont.:) NOR ENOUGH PRODUCE, for he does not have good works. (Ibid., cont.:) THIS ALSO IS VANITY. Moreover, the one who cherishes the commandments is Moses. For when he came to pass from the world, there was a small commandment that he had left out. He would not pass from the world until in his words : I separate it out while I still have the power in hand. Thus it is stated (in Deut. 4:41): THEN MOSES SET APART THREE CITIES.