Rodkinson 1918 — source 1, scan section 71
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Work: Babylonian Talmud
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Rodkinson 1918 — historical Talmud scan collection (20 source files)
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sinned before Thee? Let us see; what is the duration of a man's life ? Only seventy years. Take off the twenty years that Thou dost not punish for sin and only fifty remain. Take off the nights and only twenty-five full years remain. Deduct again twelve years and six months spent in praying, eating, and in the performance of other necessities, only twelve and one-half years remain. If Thou wilt bear the whole it is well, but if not let me bear half and Thou the other half. If Thou wilt say that I mus…
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- Rodkinson 1918 — historical Talmud scan collection (20 source files)
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- Public domain
- Reading language
- eng
- Source language
- eng
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- Complete bytes of all twenty supplied Archive source artifacts; distinct-volume/page completeness UNVERIFIED.
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- Unverified edition; not Human Sealed
Recorded provenance: Complete supplied 1918 historical scan collection, twenty immutable source artifacts projected into bounded scan sections; modern Amity Ebooks compilation excluded.
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