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Hashem exhorts us to serve Him even when we are showered with good.
We should never, chalilah, forget from where all our bounty came.

Rav Kahana, a disciple of Rav, ascended to Eretz Yisrael to learn Torah
from Rabbi Yochanan. Rav instructed him to hide his vast Torah
knowledge for seven years. He was relocated to the back of the Beit
Hamidrash because he was considered ignorant. Then, he felt the time was
ripe to reveal his greatness.
“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and may Why did Rav Kahana consider moving back seven rows as being exiled
the earth hear the words of my mouth. May my for seven years?
teaching drop like the rain, may my utterance
flow like the dew” Rav Kahana wished to exile himself to a place of Torah. Since he did not
obey his mentor, Rav, perfectly, he was punished by the strictness of
(Devarim 32:1-2) Rabbi Yochanan.

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