Akiba and Drowning Man

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 99

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

99. Akiba and Drowning Man.

Yebamot, f. 121a— b, 128.

Tosefta Yebamot, last chapter.

Midr. Hagadol, Deut. Re eh.

Eccles. R. ch. II and XI, 1 §1.

Abot de R. Nathan, I, ch. 3.

Yalk. II, §979.

Yalk. Sip. II, p. 123. Yeshurun, VI, p. 5. Cod. de Rossi, 563, f. 136a— b.

Cod. G. 185, No. 27. (See below No. 298.)

Themes

Wisdom Death Law Humor Women

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