Shabbat Rest for the Ox, the Ass, and the Stranger

Hebraic Literature (1901)The Butcher of Ludik Who Bought His Prosperity with Sabbath MeatRabbi Achiya, the son of Abba, used to tell this story of a Sabbath he spent in the town of Ludik. He had been invited into the home of a wealthy man. The table

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on ExodusSabbath Rest Extends to Servants, Daughters, and SojournersThe Targum Pseudo-Jonathan renders the Sabbath commandment with a widening circle. "But the seventh day is for rest and quietude before the Lord your God: you s

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on ExodusThe Hebrew Servant Sold for Theft Goes Free in the Seventh YearThe Targum Pseudo-Jonathan opens the civil law section of Exodus with an astonishing clarification. "If thou shalt have bought a son of Israel, on account of hi

The Exempla of the Rabbis (1924)You Could Feed Them Like Solomon and Still Owe MoreRabbi Yohanan ben Matya instructed his son one morning to go out and make sure the Jewish workers hired for the day were fed well. "Feed them adequately," he sa

The Exempla of the Rabbis (1924)Five Coins at the Shore, Returned a HundredfoldBar Kappara was walking along the seashore when he saw a naked man washed up in the tide. The man was called an Antipatos, a title of rank in the imperial burea

Hebraic Literature (1901)Four Kinds of People Who Destroy the WorldThe Mishnah in tractate Sotah teaches that four kinds of people tear down the world from within: foolish pietists, crafty villains, sanctimonious women, and sel

Shabbat Rest for the Ox, the Ass, and the Stranger

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