Daf 7

1. Bilaam knows moment Hashem gets angry

Bilaam knew the exact moment when HaKadosh Baruch Hu gets angry everyday which lasts a רגע) a

moment). Rabbi Yehoshua knew it was when the rooster’s comb turns pale and stands on one foot.

2. Tzadik v’ra lo

Moshe requested after the chet ha’egel to understand tzaddik v’ra lo v’rasha v’tov lo, why bad

occurs to the righteous and why the evil often prosper.

3. Greater is serving a Talmud Chochom than learning from him

We learn from the fact that Elisha’s relationship to Eliyahu is characterized by his pouring water on

his Rebbe’s hands that attending to a Talmud Chochom is greater than learning from him.

גדולה שמושה של תורה יותר מלמודה -

Siman - Gun

A rasha has his sniper gun poised over a rooster standing on one foot so he can calculate the right

time to shoot a Tzadik off in the distance whose talmid is washing his Rebbe’s hands. (He misses)