"What!" said he,
"Toviah has sinned, and should Zigud be flogged?" "Yes," replied the
Rabbi, "for by testifying singly against him thou bringest him only into
bad repute." (See Deut. xix. 15.)
_P'sachim_ fol. 113, col. 2.
"Toviah has sinned and Zigud is flogged," has long been a
proverb among Jews.
There are three whose life is no life:--The sympathetic, the irascible,
and the melancholy.
_P'sachim_, fol. 113, col. 2.
There are three which despise their fellows:--Dogs, cocks, and
sorcerers. Some say strange women also, and some the disciples of the
Babylonian Rabbis.
Ibid.
These three love their fellows:--Proselytes, slaves, and ravens.
Ibid.
These three are apt to strut:--Israel among the nations, the dog among
animals, the cock among birds. Some say also the goat among small
cattle, and some the caper shrub among trees.
Ibid., fol. 25, col. 2.
There are three whose life is no life:--He who lives at another's table;
he whose wife domineers over him; and he who suffers bodily affliction.
Some say also he who has only a single shirt in his wardrobe.
Ibid., fol. 32, col. 2.
Three things are said respecting the finger-nails:--He who trims his
nails and buries the parings is a pious man; he who burns these is a
righteous man; but he who throws them away is a wicked man, for
mischance might follow, should a female step over them.
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