Rabbi Akiba's Daughter Gave Away Her Wedding Food and Survived

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 100

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

100. Charity Rewarded. Baba Batra, f. 11a.

Midr. Hagadol, Deut. Re eh.

Abot de R. Nathan I, ch. 3.

Alphab. Siracid. I,

No. 10, f. 8b— 9a.

• Yalk. II, § 946 and

§979-

Aboab, Men. Ham. ch. 194.

Bahya, Kad Hakemah, s. v. Sedaka, f. 76b. Maase Buch No. 83.

Ben Gorion II, p. 183,

351-

cf. Gesta Rom, No. 15.

Themes

Charity Tzedakah Divine Justice War Kabbalah

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