How Mar Ukba Learned to Double His Charity to a Former Aristocrat

Mekhilta DeRabbi YishmaelBoth Acquire Life in the World to ComeThe passage of the Mekhilta turns on two verses from Proverbs that at first seem to say the same thing, yet are read to mean opposite outcomes. The first is (Pr

Mekhilta DeRabbi YishmaelTorah, Eretz Yisrael, and the World to ComeR. Shimon b. Yochai says, beloved are afflictions. It is a startling opening, and the Mekhilta builds an argument to support it. Three goodly gifts were given t

Yalkut ShimoniDavid Arose, and Fled That Day from Before SaulDavid arose, and fled that day from before Saul: This is [the meaning of] the verse, He has made everything beautiful in its time (Ecclesiastes 3:11), everythin

Ein Yaakov, Bava BatraIt is taught (in a baraita) - Rabbi Elazar, son of RabbiIt is taught (in a baraita (a teaching from outside the Mishnah)): Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Yosei, said: "All acts of charity and kindness that Jews perform i

Exempla of the Rabbis (Gaster, 1924)Two brothers lived in Cou$y in the year 893(1)Two brothers lived in Cou$y in the year 893(1). Moses was a scholar and poor and Haim very rich. The latter asked his brother to act as his adviser and he would

Exempla of the Rabbis (Gaster, 1924)A woman was weeping and mourning over the grave of her deadA woman was weeping and mourning over the grave of her dead husband for a long time. Close by stood a gallows and a watchman was appointed by the king to see th

How Mar Ukba Learned to Double His Charity to a Former Aristocrat

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