It is related of Benjamin the righteous, who was keeper of the poor-box, that a woman came to him at a period of famine and solicited food. " By the worship of God,w he replied, " there is nothing in the box." She then exclaimed, "0 Rabbi, if thou dost not feed me I and my seven children must needs starve. Upon which he relieved her from his own private purse. In course of time he fell ill and was nigh unto death. Then the ministering angels interceded with the Holy One — blessed be He! — and said, " Lord of the Universe, Thou hast said he that preserveth one" single soul of Israel alive is as if he had preserved the life of the whole world; and shall Benjamin