אַל תִּבָּהֵל מִפָּנָיו תֵּלֵךְ, רַבִּי חִיָּא בַּר גַּמְדָא פָּתַח (משלי ג, יא): מוּסַר ה' בְּנִי אַל תִּמְאָס, תָּנֵי הַפּוֹתֵחַ פּוֹתֵחַ בְּדָבָר טוֹב, וְהַחוֹתֵם חוֹתֵם בְּדָבָר טוֹב, דִּתְנֵינַן בִּבְרָכוֹת קוֹרֵא וּמַפְסִיק, בִּקְלָלוֹת אֵינוֹ מַפְסִיק אֶלָּא אֶחָד קוֹרֵא אֶת כֻּלָּן. מוּסַר ה' בְּנִי אַל תִּמְאָס וגו', מִשּׁוּם עִמּוֹ אָנֹכִי בְצָרָה, אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בָּנַי מִתְקַלְּלִין וַאֲנִי מִתְבָּרֵךְ. וְאַל תָּקֹץ בְּתוֹכַחְתּוֹ, אַל תַּעַשׂ תּוֹכַחְתּוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא קוֹצִים קוֹצִים. רַבִּי לֵוִי בֶּן פַּנְטִי קָרָא אֶת אֲרוּרַיָא קֳדָם רַבִּי הוּנָא וְגִמְגֵּם בְּהוֹן, אֲמַר לֵיהּ אֶשְׁמַע קָלָיךָ דְּלֵית אִינוּן קְלָלוֹת, תּוֹכַחַת אִינוּן, מוּסַר ה' בְּנִי אַל תִּמְאָס וְאַל תָּקֹץ בְּתוֹכַחְתּוֹ.
“Do not be hasty to leave his presence; do not stand before him in an evil matter, as he does whatever pleases him” (Ecclesiastes 8:3). “Do not be hasty to leave his presence.” Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Gamda began: “My son, do not despise the admonition of the Lord” (Proverbs 3:11). It is taught: The one who begins, begins with a positive matter, and the one who concludes, concludes with a positive matter. It is taught: In the blessings, one reads and stops, in the curses, one does not stop; rather one person reads them all. “Do not despise the admonition of the Lord…” Due to: “I am with him in times of trouble” (Psalms 91:15), the Holy One blessed be He said: ‘My children are cursed; am I to be blessed?’ “And do not loathe His rebuke” (Proverbs 3:11) – do not turn the rebuke of the Holy One blessed be He into multiple fragments. Rabbi Levi ben Panti read the curses before Rabbi Huna and he stammered in [reading] them. [Rabbi Huna] said to him: ‘Sound your voice, as these are not curses, these are rebukes; “do not despise the admonition of the Lord and do not loathe His rebuke.”’