וְזֹ֖את הַתּוֹרָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣ם מֹשֶׁ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And this is the Torah that Moses placed before the Children of Israel.
אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי,
מַאי דִּכְתִיב:
״וְזֹאת הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר שָׂם מֹשֶׁה״,
זָכָה — נַעֲשֵׂית לוֹ סַם חַיִּים,
לֹא זָכָה — נַעֲשֵׂית לוֹ סַם מִיתָה.
וְהַיְינוּ דְּאָמַר רָבָא:
דְּאוֹמֵן לַהּ — סַמָּא דְחַיָּיא,
דְּלָא אוֹמֵן לַהּ — סַמָּא דְמוֹתָא.
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:
"Why is it written (in Deut 4:44) And this is the Torah that Moses placed [sin mem]?"
If one merits, it will be made for him as a elixir [samech mem] of life; if one doesn't merit, it will be for him like an elixir [samech mem] of death.
And it was a saying of Rava: "If one is skilled, it is an elixir of life; if one is not skilled, it is an elixir of death".
alle dinge sind gifft vnnd nichts ohn gift, allein die dosis macht das ein ding kein gifft ist vn preparation
Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim
All things are poison and nothing is without poison, the dose alone makes it clear that a thing is not a poison.
Paracelsus