At the house of the former
even the dogs refused to eat bread made of the finest wheat flour,
whereas the family of the latter were content to eat rough bread of
barley and could not always obtain it." Rava also added, "For these
three things I prayed to Heaven, two of which were and one was not
granted unto me. I prayed for the wisdom of Rav Hunna and for the riches
of Rav Chasda, and both these were granted unto me; but the humility and
meekness of Rabbah, the son of Rav Hunna, for which I also prayed, was
not granted."
_Moed Katon_, fol. 28, col. 1.
The judges who issued decrees at Jerusalem received for salary
ninety-nine manahs from the contributions of the chamber.
_Kethuboth_, fol. 105, col. 1.
Ninety-nine die from an evil eye for one who dies in the usual manner.
_Bava Metzia_, fol. 107, col. 2.
The Rabbis have taught us who they are that are to be accounted rich.
"Every one," says Rabbi Meir, "who enjoys his riches." But Rabbi Tarphon
says, "Every one who has a hundred vineyards and a hundred fields, with
a hundred slaves to labor in them." Rabbi Akiva pronounces him well off
who has a wife that is becoming in all her ways.
_Shabbath_, fol. 25, col. 2.
A light for one is a light for a hundred.
Ibid.
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