177 Avot 6/10-11 & Horiyot 1/1

(10) Five possessions has the Holy One, Blessed be He, declared His own in His world, And these are them: The Torah [is] one possession, Heaven and earth [are] one possession, Abraham [is] one possession, Israel [is] one possession, [and] the Sanctuary [is] one possession. From where [do we infer that] the Torah [is] one possession? For it is written: “The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way, the first of His of old” (Proverbs 8:22). From where [do we infer that] heaven and earth [are] one possession? For it is written: “Thus says the Lord: ‘The heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Which house might you build for Me? And which place might be My resting-place?’” (Isaiah 66:1). And it [also] says: “How manifold are Your works, O Lord! In wisdom have You made them all; full is the earth with Your possessions” (Psalms 104:24). From where [do we infer that] Abraham [is] one possession? For it is written: “And [Melchizedek] blessed him, and said: ‘Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth’” (Genesis 14:19). From where [do we infer that] Israel [is] one possession? For it is written: “Till Your people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over whom You have made Your own” (Exodus 15:16). And it [also] says: “As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all My delight” (Psalms 16:3). From where [do we infer that] the Sanctuary [is] one possession? For it is written: “The Sanctuary, O Lord, that Your hands have established” (Exodus 15:17). And it is [also] said: “And He brought them to His holy border, to the mountain, which His right hand had possessed” (Psalms 78:54).

(11) Everything that the Holy One, Blessed be He, created in this world, He created only for His honor, as it says (Isaiah 43:7): "Every one that is called by My name, and whom I have created for My honor, I have formed him, yes, I have made him." And it also says (Exodus 15:18 ), "The Lord shall reign for ever and ever."

(Makkot 3:16) Rabbi Chananya ben Akashia says, The Holy One, Blessed be He, wanted to give Israel merit; therefore He multiplied for them Torah and commandments, as it said, "The Lord desired, for the sake of His righteousness, to make the Torah great and glorious," (Isaiah 42:21).

(1) If the court issued a ruling to violate one of the commandments mentioned in the Torah, and an individual went and accidentally did it on their instructions, whether they did it and he did it with them, whether they did it and he did it after them, whether they did not do it and he did it, he is exempt because he relied on the court. If the court issued [such] a ruling and one of them knew that they erred, or a student who is capable of ruling [knew that they erred], and he went and did it because of their instructions, whether they did it and he did it with them, whether they did it and he did it after them, whether they did not do it and he did it, he is liable because he was not relying on the court. This is the rule: If one relies on himself, he is liable. If one relies on the court, he is exempt.