Ben Hey-Hey said to Hillel, " What does this mean that is written in Mai. iii. 18, 'Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth Him not '? Does the righteous here mean him that serveth God, and the wicked him that serveth Him not? Why this repetition? To this Hillel replied, "The expressions, (he that serveth God, and he that serveth Him not,' are both to be understood as denoting ( perfectly righteous,' but he who repeats his lesson a hundred times is not to be compared with one who repeats it a hundred and one times.
Then said Ben Hey-Hey, " What! because he has repeated what he has learned only one time less than the other, is he to be conconsidered as (one who serveth Him not? " Yes! was the reply; " go and learn a lesson from the published tariff of the donkey-drivers — ten miles for one zouz, eleven for two.M