A person is obligated to recite a blessing for the bad just as he recites a blessing for the good, as it says (Deuteronomy 6:5): And you shall love Hashem, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your resources. With all your heart; with both your inclinations, with the good inclination and with the evil inclination. And with all your soul; even if He takes your life. And with all your resources; with all your wealth. An al-ternative interpretation: With all your resources; whatever measure He metes out to you, praise Him very much. A person may not behave lightheadedly opposite the eastern gate [of the Temple], for it is aligned opposite the chamber of the Holy of Holies. One may not enter the Tem-ple Mount with his staff, with his shoe, with his money belt, or with the dust that is upon his feet. And one may not make it a shortcut. And spitting [is forbidden there] on account of a kal vachomer [argument]. [Originally] all those who would conclude blessings in the Temple would say: ‘‘from the world.’’ When the heretics corrupted [the faith], and said there is but one world, [the Rabbis] instituted that they should say: ‘‘from the world until the world.’’ And they instituted that a person should greet his fellow with the Name [of God], for it is stated (Ruth 2:4): And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and he greeted the harvest-ers, ‘‘Hashem is with you!’’: And they said to him, ‘‘May Hashem bless you.’’ And [a verse] states (Judges 6:12): Hashem is with you, mighty man of valor. And [a verse] states (Proverbs 23:22): Do not shame [her], though your mother be old. And [a verse] states (Psalms 119:126): It is a time to act for Hashem; they have nullified Your Law. R’ Nassan says: They have nullified Your Law [because] it is a time to act for Hashem.

These are things that have no measure: peah, first-fruits, appearance [in the Temple], rendering kindness, and studying Torah.  These things are such that a person eats their fruits in this world but the principal remains for him in the World to Come: honoring father and mother, render- ing kindness, and bringing peace between a man and his fellow; and Torah study matches them all.