He said to him: This is what I am saying to you: Who says that today is the Sabbath? He said to him: The river Sambatyon will prove it, the necromancer will prove it, the grave of his father will prove it, for it raises no smoke on the Sabbath. He said to him: You have disgraced him, you have shamed him, and you have cursed him!
The River Sambatyon
Sanhedrin 65b
אֲמַר לֵיהּ, הָכִי קָאָמֵינָא לָךְ: מִי יֵימַר דְּהָאִידָּנָא שַׁבְּתָא? אָמַר לוֹ: נְהַר סַבַּטְיוֹן יוֹכִיחַ, בַּעַל אוֹב יוֹכִיחַ, קִבְרוֹ שֶׁל אָבִיו יוֹכִיחַ, שֶׁאֵין מַעֲלֶה עָשָׁן בַּשַּׁבָּת. אָמַר לוֹ: בִּיזִּיתוֹ, בִּיַּישְׁתּוֹ, וְקִילַּלְתּוֹ!
Themes
Original Sources
- B. Sanhedrin 65b
- Genesis Rabbah 11:5, 73:6
- Midrash Tanhuma-Yelammedenu, Ki Tissa 33
- Pesikta Rabbati 23:8, 31:10
- Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 11:133
- Genesis Rabbah 73:6
- Sefer ha-Zikhronot 61
- IFA 943, 2208, 13947.