4. He used to say, "Do His will as if it were thy will. Nullify thy
will before His will, that He may nullify the will of others before
thy will."

(6) The expression _Talmud Torah_ (lit., "study of the Law")
means the study of all sacred learning. The word _Torah_,
here, is to be construed in its broadest sense. See chapter
I, n. 4. Such study was one of the duties to which no limit
was fixed (_Peah_ I, 1). The expression [derech eretz] means
"good manners" (chapter III, 21), or "worldly business," or
"care" (chapter III, 6), according to the context. Study
combined with some trade or profession is, according to R.
Gamaliel, the proper thing. See chapter IV, n. 24.

(7) Cf. _Kiddushin_, 29a, "He who does not teach his son a
trade teaches him to be a thief."

(8) In every community, the work and goodness of past
generations live in the present, and the good that the
community does in the present will live on in the future. On
the "merit of the fathers" ([z'chut avot]), see Schechter,
_Some Aspects of Rabbinic Theology_, chapter XII, especially
pp. 175-177, where this passage is quoted.

(9) This verse is directed toward the leaders of the
community. Cf. above, chapter I, 10.

5. Hillel (10) said, "Separate not thyself from the congregation (11);
trust not in thyself until the day of thy death (12); judge not thy
neighbor until thou art come into his place; and say not anything