Read Exempla of the Rabbis (Gaster, 1924) in source order, passage by passage, with the close English translation where available and the original source text for checking.
161. R. Hanina b. Dosa who had preached on the text, “Receive every man as a friend" carried a Hegemon on his shoulders to his house; he washed his feet, fed him well and then carried him back again. It was an angel sent to try him, whether he would carry out his own teaching and he was found perfect.
R. Hanina b. Dosa who had preached on the text, "Receive every man as a friend" carried a Hegemon on his shoulders to his house; he washed his feet, fed him well and then carried him back again. It was an angel sent to try him, whether he would carry out his own teaching and he was found perfect.
162. A daughter of R. Hanina b. Dosa fell into a pit. He was told twice and replied, “Well, well." The third time he said, “She has come out," and it was so.
162. Hanina b. Dosa &
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Daughter.
ch. Baba Kama, f. 50. cf. Yebamot, f. 121. cf. Shekalim, 5.
Midr. Hagadol, Exod.
Mishpatim. cf. Yalk. II §760. cf. Aboab Men. Ham. ch. 234.
Luzzatto, Kaftor, f.92a, 93 3-
Yalk. Sip. II, p. 173. Cod. G. 184, No. 74. (cf. No. 379.)
A daughter of R. Hanina b. Dosa fell into a pit. He was told twice and replied, “Well, well." The third time he said, “She has come out," and it was so.
163. R. Hanina b. Dosa told his wife that heaven would provide for the Sabbath meals, and bade his daughter light a wick in a vessel filled with vinegar; it burned. The oven which his wife had heated, although she believed it to be empty, was found, when opened, to be full of bread.
163. Hanina b. Dosa <9 Sabbath Meal.
cf. Berakhot, f. 5 b. Taanit, f. 24bf.
Nissim, f. nb— 12a. Farhi, O. P. Ill, f. 61 b. Yalk. Sip. I, p. 88.
Maase Buch Nos. 35, 36. Perles, Sagenkunde, p. 5if.
Ben Gorion II, p. 35, 335.
Codd. G. 185, No. 32; 942, f. 4b.
R. Hanina b. Dosa told his wife that heaven would provide for the Sabbath meals, and bade his daughter light a wick in a vessel filled with vinegar; it burned. The oven which his wife had heated, although she believed it to be empty, was found, when opened, to be full of bread.
164. R. Hanina b. Dosa placed his food over the mouth of a scorpion's hole; he was bitten by the scorpion, but it was the scorpion which died in consequence thereof.
164. Kanina b. Dosa & Scorpion.
Berakhot, f. 33 a.
J. Berakhot, V.
Tanh. Exod. Vayera
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Aboab, Men. Ham.
ch. I, § 108. Kaidenower Kab Ha- yashar, 8, 10.
Yalk. Sip. V, p. 29. Maase Buch No. 105. Codd. G. 184, No. 138; 185, No. 36; 1442, f. 13b.
R. Hanina b. Dosa placed his food over the mouth of a scorpion's hole; he was bitten by the scorpion, but it was the scorpion which died in consequence thereof.
165. An adder bit R. Hanina b. Dosa whilst he was praying and it died, while he remained unhurt.
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165. Hanina b. Dosa & Adder. Berakhot, f. 30, 32. Asheri, Tur, Orah Hay-
yim, ch. 104 § 3. Tanh. Exod. Vayera § 4, f. 103 b.
Kaidenower Kab Ha- yashar, 8, 10.
Sef. Hamaasiyot, ed. Araki Cohen, ch. 56.
An adder bit R. Hanina b. Dosa whilst he was praying and it died, while he remained unhurt.
166. R. Hanina b. Dosa prays for the son of R. Johanan b. Zakkai who was ill and he recovered in consequence.
166. Hanina b. Dosa s Cure. Berakhot, f. 34b.
J. Berakhot, V.
Midr. Hagadol, Gen. Vayyehi.
Song R. II, 16 § 2.
Aboab, Men. Ham. ch. 109.
Yalk. Sip. V, p. 60.
Cod. G. 184, No. 201.
R. Hanina b. Dosa prays for the son of R. Johanan b. Zakkai who was ill and he recovered in consequence.
167. R. Hanina b. Dosa prayed for the son of R. Gamliel and foretold the hour when the fever would leave him. It came true and he knew it from the fluency with which he was able to recite the prayer.
167. Hanina b. Dosa & Cure.
Berakhot, f. 34b.
J. Berakhot, V, 5.
Midr. Hagadol, Gen. Vayyehi.
Maase Buch No. 97.
Cod. G. 184, No. 200.
R. Hanina b. Dosa prayed for the son of R. Gamliel and foretold the hour when the fever would leave him. It came true and he knew it from the fluency with which he was able to recite the prayer.
168. R. Joshua asked the students what R. Elazar b. Azaf yah taught. They replied that he taught that all without exception must attend school and service, for all that would attend would be rewarded; the men and women for attending and the children for those who brought them.
R. Joshua asked the students what R. Elazar b. Azaf yah taught. They replied that he taught that all without exception must attend school and service, for all that would attend would be rewarded; the men and women for attending and the children for those who brought them.
169. R. Gamliel was proud and harsh and forced R. Joshua to stand up in the college during his lecture. Those present, greatly irritated, forced R. Gamliel to resign. R. Elazar b. Azaryah was appointed President and as he was very young, his hair became grey over night by a miracle. He was much milder and admitted a much larger number of students to the college. R. Gamliel saw in a dream pitchers filled with ashes and he was comforted as it signified that these students were worthless; he had only allowed a select number to attend. The dispute was afterwards settled and R. Gamliel was reappointed, but only as the colleague of R. Elazar, though his senior.
169. R. Gamliel' s Pride & Chastisement.
Berakhot, f. 27bff.
J. Berakhot, IV, 1.
cf. B. Berakhot, V, f. 36b.
cf. Rosh Hashana, 25.
cf. Aboab, Men. Ham. ch. 62.
Maase Buch No. 122.
R. Gamliel was proud and harsh and forced R. Joshua to stand up in the college during his lecture. Those present, greatly irritated, forced R. Gamliel to resign. R. Elazar b. Azaryah was appointed President and as he was very young, his hair became grey over night by a miracle. He was much milder and admitted a much larger number of students to the college. R. Gamliel saw in a dream pitchers filled with ashes and he was comforted as it signified that these students were worthless; he had only allowed a select number to attend. The dispute was afterwards settled and R. Gamliel was reappointed, but only as the colleague of R. Elazar, though his senior.
170. Eliezer b. Hyrkanos went to Jerusalem to study whilst his father and brothers fled with their goods from the attack of the Roman soldiers. He starved and was discovered by R. Johanan b. Zakkai and assisted. Hyrkanos was persuaded by his other sons to disinherit Eliezer. He came to Jerusalem and discovered him there as a great scholar, and doubled his share in the inheritance.
170. Eliezer b. Hyrkanos & his Father.
Pirke de R. Eliezer, ch. 1.
Tanh. B. Gen. Lekh Lekha, § 10.
Gen. R. 42 (41 § 1).
Abot de R. Nathan I, ch. 6 p. 30; II, ch. 13, 30.
Horowitz, Eked Haga- dot.
Yalk. §72.
Eisenstein, Oser, p. 31. Yalk. Sip. I, p. 58. Arabic Maase Nissim, f. 32.
Ben Gorion II, p. 16, 334-
Eliezer b. Hyrkanos went to Jerusalem to study whilst his father and brothers fled with their goods from the attack of the Roman soldiers. He starved and was discovered by R. Johanan b. Zakkai and assisted. Hyrkanos was persuaded by his other sons to disinherit Eliezer. He came to Jerusalem and discovered him there as a great scholar, and doubled his share in the inheritance.
171. Of all those who comforted R. Johanan b. Zakkai on the death of his son, Elazar b. Arach was pre-eminent; he said, “Thou hast but restored in a perfect condition that which was entrusted to thee in an imperfect state to Him who entrusted thee with it. Thy son died as a great scholar and without a moral blemish."
Of all those who comforted R. Johanan b. Zakkai on the death of his son, Elazar b. Arach was pre-eminent; he said, “Thou hast but restored in a perfect condition that which was entrusted to thee in an imperfect state to Him who entrusted thee with it. Thy son died as a great scholar and without a moral blemish."
172. R. Janai and R. Johanan watched two Jews of whom two astrologers had said that a snake would kill them.
They came home unharmed as no astrology was of any avail against Jews.
172. Astrologers' Error. Sabbath, f. 156b.
Tanh. Deut. Shofetim
§ 10.
Midr. Hagadol, Deut. Shofetim.
Lonzano, Maarikh, ed. Jellinek.
1 73. Wife Substituted. cf. Jashai Legend. Singer in Z. V. Vlksd. II,
p. 300.
R. Janai and R. Johanan watched two Jews of whom two astrologers had said that a snake would kill them.
They came home unharmed as no astrology was of any avail against Jews.
173. A man made an appointment with a woman and she purposely sent his own wife as a substitute. He did not recognize her and when he repented afterwards of his sin she told him that he had drank from his own cup.
A man made an appointment with a woman and she purposely sent his own wife as a substitute. He did not recognize her and when he repented afterwards of his sin she told him that he had drank from his own cup.
174. A Greek bought a young Jewish girl as a slave. He brought her up in his house. When she grew up, the Master of Dreams ordered him to send her away,. Threatened with death in case of for disobedience he sent her. She then
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went to a fountain to drink, when a snake bit and killed her. She floated over the water; her former master buried her and said, "Truly it can only be their Father in heaven who is wroth with them."
174. Girl's Fate.
Midr. Hagadol, Deut. Haazinu.
Abot de R. Nathan, I, ch/66.
Yalk. Sip. V, p. 126.
175. The labourers of R. Nahman b. Isaac removed a small mound, when a man sprang up from underneath. He had been buried long before but did not rot, because he had been patient and meek and not envious, had never talked in Synagogue nor college, but had listened and learned. He was buried again in the same spot and the earth was replaced over him at his request and he appeared to R. Nahman in the night in a new coffin with his face lit up.
The labourers of R. Nahman b. Isaac removed a small mound, when a man sprang up from underneath. He had been buried long before but did not rot, because he had been patient and meek and not envious, had never talked in Synagogue nor college, but had listened and learned. He was buried again in the same spot and the earth was replaced over him at his request and he appeared to R. Nahman in the night in a new coffin with his face lit up.
176. A Min asked the Rabbi whether the Creator of the mountains was also the Creator of the winds (verse in Amos IV. 13). Before the Rabbi could answer the man fell from the roof and died.
