Avot6: 7
גְּדוֹלָה תוֹרָה שֶׁהִיא נוֹתֶנֶת חַיִּים לְעֹשֶׂיהָ בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וּבָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ”כִּי־חַיִּים הֵם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶם וּלְכָל־בְּשָׂרוֹ מַרְפֵּא”; וְאוֹמֵר: ”רִפְאוּת תְּהִי לְשָׁרֶךָ וְשִׁקּוּי לְעַצְמוֹתֶיךָ”; וְאוֹמֵר: ”עֵץ־חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ וְתוֹמְכֶיהָ מְאֻשָּׁר”; וְאוֹמֵר, "כִּי לִוְיַת חֵן הֵם לְרֹאשֶׁךָ וַעֲנָקִים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶיךָ"; וְאוֹמֵר: ”תִּתֵּן לְרֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת־חֵן עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת תְּמַגְּנֶ÷ָ”; וְאוֹמֵר: ”כִּי־בִי יִרְבּוּ יָמֶיךָ וְיוֹסִיפוּ לְךָ שְׁנוֹת חַיִּים”. וְאוֹמֵר: ”אֹרֶךְ יָמִים בִּימִינָהּ בִּשְׂמֹאולָהּ עֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד”; וְאוֹמֵר, "כִּי אֹרֶךְ יָמִים וּשְׁנוֹת חַיִּים וְשָׁלוֹם יוֹסִיפוּ לָךְ”. וְאוֹמֵר: דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי נֹעַם וְכָל נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלוֹם.
Great is Torah, for it confers life on its practitioners in this world and in the World to Come, as it states: For they are life to those who find them and healing for all his flesh. And it states: It will be health to your navel and marrow to your bones. And it states: It is a tree of life to those who grasp it and its supporters are fortunate. And it states: For they are an adornment of grace for your head and a chain for your neck. And it states: It will set an adornment of grace upon your head, it will bestow a crown of splendor upon you. And it states: For through me your days will be increased, and they will increase years of life for you. And it states: Length of days is at its right; at its left, wealth and honor. And it states: For they add to you length of days and years of life and peace. And it states: Its ways are ways of pleasantness and all its pathways are peace.
Avot6: 8
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן מְנַסְיָא אוֹמֵר מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי: הַנּוֹי, וְהַכֹּחַ, וְהָעוֹשֶׁר, וְהַכָּבוֹד, וְהַחָכְמָה, וְהַזִּקְנָה, וְהַשֵּׂיבָה וְהַבָּנִים — נָאֶה לַצַּדִּיקִים וְנָאֶה לָעוֹלָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ”עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת שֵׂיבָה בְּדֶרֶךְ צְדָקָה תִּמָּצֵא”; וְאוֹמֵר: ”תִּפְאֶרֶת בַּחוּרִים כּוֹחָם וַהֲדַר זְקֵנִים שֵׂיבָה”; וְאוֹמֵר: ”עֲטֶרֶת חֲכָמִים עָשְׁרָם”; וְאוֹמֵר: ”עֲטֶרֶת זְקֵנִים בְּנֵי בָּנִים וְתִפְאֶרֶת בָּנִים אֲבוֹתָם”; וְאוֹמֵר: ”וְחָפְרָה הַלְּבָנָה וּבוֹשָׁה הַחַמָּה, כִּי־מָלַךְ ה' צְבָאוֹת בְּהַר צִיּוֹן וּבִירוּשָׁלַיִם, וְנֶגֶד זְקֵנָיו כָּבוֹד”. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן מְנַסְיָא אוֹמֵר: אֵלּוּ שֶׁבַע מִדּוֹת שֶׁמָּנוּ חֲכָמִים לַצַּדִּיקִים, כֻּלָּם נִתְקַיְּמוּ בְּרַבִּי וּבְבָנָיו.
'RShimon ben Menasya says in the name of R' Shimon ben Yochai: Beauty, strength, wealth, honor, [Torah] wisdom, old age and ripe old age, and children, [they] are fitting for the righteous and fitting for the world, as it is stated: The crown of splendor is ripe old age, it will be found in the path of righteousness. And it states: The splendor of youth is their strength, and the glory of the elders is their hoariness. And it states: The crown of the wise is their wealth. And it states: The crown of elders is grandchildren and the glory of children is their parents. And it states: The moon will be humiliated and the sun will be shamed, for Hashem Master of Legions will have reigned in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and there will be honor for His elders. R' Shimon ben Menasya says: These seven qualities that the Sages enumerated [as fitting] for the righteous, all of them were found in Rebbi and in his sons.
