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... overriding concern with matters of money and property mirror that of the Jews, and Professor Shahak offers a number of hair-splitting examples of Jewish beliefs on the subject and the way in which distinctions are made between the property of Jews and Gentiles, and between Jewish dealings with another Jew and with a Gentile. Two of these examples will suffice here: "If a Jew finds property whose probable...
... were latterday symptoms of the feeling expressed on the ancient day when "the people wept" at the reading of The Law. The Talmud forbade the Jew almost every activity other than the amassing of money ("they only conceded just enough to the people about them to make their economic activities possible"; Dr. Kastein) and the study of the Talmud ("whenever the Law could not be...
... presented these fictions to their peoples as truth, for they had found that powerful Jews, in all countries, were able to assist parties favoured by them with money, press support and votes; the return they required was support for the cause of the "persecuted" Jews in Russia and for the "return" to Palestine. In effect this meant that politicians who sought these favours had to...
... few quotations will suffice to show its character: 19 "When a Jew has a gentile in his clutches, another Jew may go to the same gentile, lend him money and in his turn deceive him, so that the gentile shall be ruined. For the property of a gentile (according to our law) belongs to no one, and the first Jew that passes has the full right to seize it." 20 "When a Jew makes a deal with a gentile, and...
... twelve months (v. B.B. 139b). Out of the estate of the deceased. B.B. 140b. Begging. He feels more humiliation when his widow goes begging than when his daughter does so. Cf. supra p. 242, n. 13. It is a father's wish, as a rule, that his daughter shall be enabled to save up some money for her marriage dowry. Why these BELONG TO HER BROTHERS. As in the case of COMPENSATION and FINE spoken of in the...
... - Original footnotes renumbered. See Structure of the Talmud Files V. Glos. Since the bequest was not a quantity of wine but a specified sum of money. Lit., 'spoilt', or 'caused to diminish, (Af. of [H]). During their father's lifetime. He was on the point of dying and disposing of his property (cf. p. 322, n. i). To consult him as to how they could reduce their liability. So that the liability of the...
... spoken of in B.B., has no need to preserve any document. Cf. supra n. 9. The case of the payment of the part of a debt. For R. Judah. The creditor. In our Mishnah. So MS.M. reading [H]. She received no money at all from her husband. Lit., 'he preserved it'. In our Mishnah. V. supra p. 330, n. 9. The case of the kethubah. A debt, for instance, where R. Judah does not allow it (cf. supra p. 330, n. 6...
... of children (v. supra 50a) who made an unostentatious but comfortable living. [H] 'mansion', 'palace', i.e., his own home (cf. 'the Englishman's home is his castle'). [H], MS.M. [H] 'a detachment of soldiers', To exact from him service or money. As his wants were moderate, he had no need to be under obligation to anyone for his food or drink and had no need to go fat to seek his livelihood. A man...
...; AND SHE RECEIVES ONE-THIRD. HIS SHARE IS TO BE GIVEN TO HIM FORTHWITH, BUT WITH HERS LAND IS TO BE BOUGHT AND HE43 ENJOYS THE USUFRUCT.46 GEMARA. What does he47 teach us? This surely was already learnt: A father has authority over his daughter in respect of her betrothal [whether it was effected] by money, by deed or by intercourse; he is entitled to anything she finds and to her...
... rule, one does not want to live with a wife who is in the habit of making vows is sufficient reason for regarding the betrothal of such a woman as null and void. I.e., the kethubah. As the woman's claim to it is of a doubtful nature, her husband who is the possessor of the money cannot be made to pay it. That a divorce is necessary if she wishes to remarry. It is forbidden to live with another man's...
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