People asked Rabbi Yehoshua

, “What should a person do to become wise in Torah?”

he replied, “He should spend more time studying in a yeshiva, and less time engaged in business”,

“He must also plead for mercy from Him to Whom wisdom belongs – and one without the other is not enough! (Niddah 70b)

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