When Buneis, the son of Buneis, called on Rabbi (the Holy), the latter exclaimed, " Make way for one worth a hundred manahs! Presently another visitor came, and Rabbi said, " Make way for one worth two hundred manahs." Upon which Rabbi Ishmael, the son of Rabbi Yossi, remonstrated, saying, " Rabbi, the father of the first-comer, owns a thousand ships at*sea and a thousand towns ashore! B "Well," replied Rabbi, " when thou seest his father, tell him to send his son better clad next time." Rabbi paid great respect to those that were rich, and so did Rabbi Akiva.
The Rabbi Who Valued Wealth but Honored the Man Beneath It
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