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.... Hiyya b. Abba said in the name of R. Johanan: Scripture states, Thou shalt sell me food for money that I may eat, and give me water for money that I may drink.17 A comparison is to be drawn with water — as only water which has undergone no change [is permitted to Jews] so also must the food have undergone no change [at the hand of heathens]. According to this reasoning ears of corn should...
... emptiness of the mind. It is an effort to somehow stuff the emptiness. So it can take any form. Sometimes you can go on stuffing food or relationships or love affairs and the mind can move from the world, can become spiritual. But it remains the same - the greed is greed; there is no worldly, no other-worldly greed. Greed is simply greed. You can be greedy for money and you can be greedy for meditation...
...; it is all the same. You can be greedy for power, you can be greedy for paradise - it is all the same. In fact the second greed is more dangerous because it is very subtle and you can pretend that you are not greedy. Somebody searching for god can easily pretend he is not greedy. He has left his home, money, prestige. How can you say he is greedy ? He is standing naked in a cave, just searching for...
...-possessiveness. And one of the greatest problems for the human mind is how to drop possessiveness, because the human mind feeds on possessiveness. It wants to possess more and more, it wants to possess everything. The more it possesses, the more it feels secure. So it hankers for money, it hankers for prestige, power. Even in relationship it starts possessing people. And to possess a person is to destroy him...
... are slaves of their things. And now there are so many worries: whether they will be able to maintain so much money, whether they will be able to remain rich - it is a very competitive world. They lose sleep, they lose silence, they lose relaxation... they suffer. This is hell. Hell is not some place somewhere. It is a state of anxiety, utter anxiety, insecurity, fear. 'Nirmoh' has to be your key...
... purpose of being torn. A purse of money for charity having been brought to Pumbeditha, R. Joseph deposited it with a certain person who, however, was so negligent that thieves came and stole it. R. Joseph declared liability [to pay], but Abaye said to him: Was it not taught: 'To keep'24 but not to distribute to the poor? — R. Joseph rejoined: The poor of Pumbeditha have a fixed allowance,26...
... and the charity money could thus be considered as having been deposited 'to keep' [and not to distribute it to the poor].27 To Part b Original footnotes renumbered. See Structure of the Talmud Files Ibid. XXIII, 20. Gen. XIII, 5. Ibid. XVI, 5. Ibid. XXIII, 2. Cf. Ex. XXII, 23. As in the case of Sarah; Gen. XVI, 5 and ibid. XXIII, 2. Cf. Ex. XXII, 23. Gen. XX, 16. I.e., blindness. Gen. XXVII, 1...
... footnotes renumbered. See Structure of the Talmud Files And that obviously applies to both cases equally: how then could it be argued that if the second clause alone were taught, I might think that he agrees with the Rabbis in the first? I.e., having first taught the instance of money, he proceeds to state, Not only do the Rabbis rule thus where it involves no loss, but even in a dispute about utensils...
... a long time, being liable to tarnish and mould. Therefore they would be exchanged for silver ones. [H]; actual food was collected for this purpose, not money, and it was distributed to those in immediate need of a meal. V. B.B. 8b. Yet R. Meir rules that it must not be touched, which contradicts R. Johanan. And do not deteriorate any further; therefore nothing is gained by selling them. But...
.... Han. and Tosaf.). Rab's reason is not asked, for it stands to reason that no liability should be imposed unless his (unlawful) use causes loss, as otherwise it can hardly be called so. For the former v. p. 246, n. 1, to whom the verses quoted refer. An unpaid bailee: Ibid. 6f: If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be...
... man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen … If the thief be not found,] then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges12 — for an oath.13 You say, 'for an oath'. But perhaps it is not so, the meaning being for judgment?14 [Unlawful] use is stated below;15 and [unlawful] use is stated above:16 just as...
... permitted; to diminish them, he is not permitted; to elevate the [upper storey], he is not permitted; to decrease its height, he is permitted.14] What if neither possesses [the wherewithal for rebuilding]?15 (It has been taught: When neither possesses [money for rebuilding]. the garret owner has no claim at all upon the land.)16 It has been taught: R. Nathan said: The owner of the lower...
... because the creditor thereby derives benefit from the debtor's money, which is forbidden (v. B.B. 168a). That the upper tenant would have to pay rent. I.e., it loses its newness through his dwelling therein, hence the house-owner actually sustains a loss, and therefore the other must pay him rent. v. Glos. But all three do not prove that normally one may derive no benefit from his neighbour's property...
... with the workers of iniquity.7 It was taught in the school of R. Ishmael: If you see a scholar who has committed an offence by night, do not cavil at him by day, for perhaps he has done penance. 'Perhaps', say you? — Nay, rather, he has certainly done penance. This applies only to bodily [sexual] offences, but if he has misappropriated money, [he may be criticised] until he restores it to...
... own work than the other from the loss of his animal. Of which it was said supra that he takes off the garment even in the street. Lit., 'money'. To override a ritual rule is more serious. Nazir 48b. Num. VI, 7. A Nazirite who is also a priest. Because those things must be done at a fixed time, and cannot be postponed. Lit., '(the burial of) a dead, which is a religious obligation'. V. Glos. Tractate...
... that Scripture made distinction between individuals and a group,35 individuals being punished by stoning and their money, therefore, being spared, while a group are punished by the sword and their money is consequently destroyed, one might also assume that a distinction should be made in respect of their sacrifices; hence it was explicitly stated, Ye shall have one law.33 R. Hilkiah of...
... Babylonian Talmud: Yebamoth 48 Previous Folio / Yebamoth Directory / Tractate List / Navigate Site Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Yebamoth Folio 48a he is permitted to marry her forthwith.1 Raba said: What is R. Simeon b. Eleazar's reason?2 — Because it is written, Every man's slave that is bought for money;3 [could it mean] the slave of a man and not...
... slave!9 — That text is required for a deduction made by Samuel. For Samuel stated: If a man declared his slave to be ownerless that slave acquires thereby his freedom and requires no deed of emancipation; for it is stated in Scripture. Every man's slave that is bought for money,3 [could it mean] the slave of a man and not the slave of a woman?10 But [the meaning is that] a...
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