Parables
A story first, then what it means.
The Sages’ parables, each with its explanation: the mashal and the nimshal, word for word.
- parables
- 649
- books they come from
- 84
- themes
- 17
Word for word, with each translator named. Texts from Sefaria.
Talmud Bavli28 / 649
The Gemara cites a related statement: Rabbi Elazar raises a contradiction: It is written in one verse: “The Lord is good to all and His compassion is over all His …
רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר רָמֵי: כְּתִיב ״טוֹב ה׳ לַכֹּל״, וּכְתִיב ״טוֹב ה׳ לְקֹוָויו״. מָשָׁל לְאָדָם שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ פַּרְדֵּס: כְּשֶׁהוּא מַשְׁקֶה – מַשְׁקֶה אֶת כּוּלּוֹ, כְּשֶׁהוּא עוֹדֵר – אֵינוֹ עוֹדֵר אֶלָּא טוֹבִים שֶׁבָּהֶם.
Sanhedrin 39b:2 · William Davidson Edition - English · excerpt; the full text is on Sefaria