"Just
as fish must live in the sea, so the sages, the Masters of the Mishnah,
must live in the Torah; if they are taken from it, they die
immediately. The Tannaim of the Mishnah proliferate in it like the fish
in the sea, yet if they are on dry land and are thrown into the sea,
not knowing how to swim, they die. But Adam, who was the master of
Kabbalah, which is above halakhah, is above all the Tannaim. It says of
him: 'He will rule the fish of the sea and the birds of the air'
(Genesis 1:26)."
-- Sefer haZohar (Ra'aya Meheimnah), 3:278a
-- Sefer haZohar (Ra'aya Meheimnah), 3:278a
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