der Tanaiten_, pp. 55-58, Schurer, _History_, II, i, 257-259.

(6) Cf. Jer. XXXIX, 7, "And seek the peace of the city whither
I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto
the Lord for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have
peace," and _Abodah Zarah_, 3b.

3. R. Chananiah, the son of Teradion (7), said, "If two sit together
and interchange no words of _Torah_, they are a meeting of scorners,
concerning whom it is said, 'The godly man sitteth not in the seat of
the scorners' (8); but if two sit together and interchange words of
_Torah_, the Divine Presence (9) abides among them; as it is said,
'Then they that feared the Lord spake one with the other; and the Lord
hearkened and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before Him,
for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His name,' (10).
Now the Scripture enables me to draw this inference in respect to two
persons; whence can it be deduced that if even one person sedulously
occupies himself with the _Torah_, the Holy One, blessed be He,
appoints unto him a reward? Because it is said, 'though he sit alone,
and meditate in stillness, yet he taketh it (the reward) upon him'"
(11).

(7) He lived about 120 C.E. He was the father of Beruriah,
the wife of Rabbi Meir.

(8) Ps. I, 1. Verse 2 of this psalm continues, "But his
delight is in the Law of the Lord."

(9) [shechinah] literally "dwelling," is a name applied to God
when He is spoken of as dwelling among men. See Schechter,