Babylonian Talmud

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who fears God. A bad woman is leprosy to her husband, etc. One may ask the fortune tellers who tell fortunes by certain oils or eggs. But it is not advisable to do so, because they often lie. Support me, and I will bear the statement of Aqiba, my disciple, who says : " Pleased are chastisements," etc. Three men (biblical personages) came with indirectness, etc. What means, "and he Hfted up his hands"? He took ofif his phylacteries in his presence. (See footnote, page 323.) The legends concerning Jeroboam, xxn SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS. pp. 322-325. King Menashe appears to R. Ashi in a dream. R. Abuhu used to lecture about the three kings and became sick, etc. Why was Achab rewarded by the prolongation of his kingdom for twenty-two years? Because he was liberal with his money and assisted many scholars from his estate; half his sins were atoned. Four sects will not receive the glory of the Shekhina, viz., scorners, liars, hypocrites, and slanderers. Achaz abolished the worship and sealed the Torah, etc. The angels wanted to put Michah aside, but the Lord, however, said leave him alone because his house is open for travellers. Great are entertainments, for its refusal estranged two tribes from Israel, etc. Why does not the Mishna count Achaz and Amon among those who have no share ? etc. Explanation to verses of Lamentation, PP- 334 to 237. The Scripture is particular that if any one tells his troubles to his neighbor, he should add : " May it not happen to you." The interpreters of notes said that all of them have a share in the world to come, etc. " A perpetual backsliding." Said Rabh: A victorious answer has the assembly. of Israel given to the prophets, etc. Concerning Bil'am, the elders of Moab. and Midian 265-340 One shall always occupy himself with the Torah and divine command- ments, even not for the sake of Heaven, as finally He will come to do so for His own sake, etc. The caution that Achiyah, the Shilonite, gave to Israel is better for them than the blessings that Bil'am has given to them. " And Israel dwelt in Shittim." Everywhere such an expression is to be found it brings infliction, etc. I saw the record of Bil'am, and it was writ- ten therein thirty-three years was Bil'am when he was killed by Pinchas, the murderer. One shall not bring himself into temptation, as David, king of Israel, placed himself in the power of a trial and stumbled. Six months was David afflicted with leprosy; the Shekhina left him, and the Sanhedrin separated themselves from him. Exclusion shall always be with the left hand, and inclusion with the right hand — i. e., if one is compelled to repudiate some one, he shall do it easy as with his left hand, etc. Concerning David's sin with Bath Sheba 340-350 Mishna //. The generation of the flood have no share in the world to come, and are also not judged, etc. Concerning the generation of disper- sion, men of Sodom and Gomorrah, etc., pp. 350-355: " Noah was just, a per- fect man in his generation;" in his generation, but not in others. According to Resh Lakish: In his generation which was wicked, so much the more in other generations. Eliezar, the servant of Abraham, questioned Shem the great, etc. Shem the great questioned Eliezar, etc. "The generation of dispersion." What had they done ? What were the crimes of the Sodom- ites ? Concerning the congregation of Korah. One must do all he can not to strengthen a quarrel, etc. " And all . . . on their feet," means the money which makes one stand on his feet. "The generation of the desert has no share," etc, Eliezar, however, said, they h?.ve, etc., . 350-362 MisiiNAS ///. TO IV. The ten tribes who were exiled will not be returned, etc. (pp. 362-363). From what age has a minor a share in the world to come? Your saying is not satisfactory to their creator. Say the reverse, even he who has studied but one law docs not belong to the Gehenna. It hap- pened once that I was in Alexandria of Egypt, and I found a certain old Gentile who said to me: Come, and I will show you what my great-grand- fathers have done to yours, etc. Concerning Shebna and his society, ref. Isaiah, viii-12. Adam was created on the eve of Sabbath. And why? SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS. xxiii The Minnim shall not say, etc. At the time the Lord was about to create a man, He created a cwtus of angels, etc. Every place where the Minnim gave their wrong intt;rpretation the answer of annulling it is to be found in the same place— ^.g., p. 370. The discussion with R. Gamaliel and other rabbis, pp. 372-376. " My creatures are sinking into the sea, and ye want to sing?" It reads [Ob. i. i] : "The vision of the Lord . . . con- cerning Edom." Obadiah was an Edomite-proselyte. And this is what people say that the handle of the hatchet to cut the forest is taken from the wood of the same forest. [Gen. xxii. i] : "After these things." After what? After the words of the Satan, etc. According to Levi, " after the exchange of the words between Ishmael and Isaac, etc., 362-378 MiSHNA IV. The men of a misled town have no share in the world to come (the Halakhas in detail, 378-383). Concerning the key of rain, which is one of the three keys which are not to be transferred to a messenger, Elijah, too, in the days of Achab, etc., 378-385 TRACT SANHEDRIN (SUPREME COUNCIL). CHAPTER I. RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES. WHICH ARE CONSIDERED CIVIL AND WHICH CRIMINAL. HOW MANY ARE NEEDED TO THE INTERCALATION OF A YEAR AND OF MONTHS ; TO APPRAISE CONSECRATED REAL ESTATE AS WELL AS MOVABLE PROPERTIES; AND IF AMONG THE APPRAISERS MUST BE PRIESTS, AND IF SO HOW MANY. THE NUMBER OF PERSONS NEEDED TO ADD TO THE CITY FROM THE SUBURBS OF JERUSALEM. WHAT MAJORITY IS NEEDED TO ACCUSE AND WHAT TO ACQUIT. HOW MANY PEOPLE MUST BE IN A CITY THAT A COURT OF TWENTY-THREE JUDGES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED. MISHNA /. : To decide upon the following cases, three per- sons are needed (the Gemara explains for which common and for which judges): Civil cases, robbery, wounds, whole damages and half, double amount and four and five fold payments;* and the same in the case of forcing, seducing, and libel {i.e., an evil name, Deut. xxii. 19). So is the decree of R. Meir. The sages, however, maintain : In the last case (libel) twenty- three are needed, as this is not a civil case, but a crime which may bring capital punishment. In the case of stripes, three. In the name of R. Ishmael, however, it was said: Twenty-three are needed. To the intercalation of a month and to proclaim a leap year, three. So is the decree of R. Meir. Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel maintains: It begins with three persons and is discussed by five, and the decision is rendered by seven If, however, it was decided by three, their decision