Pinhas b.Jari's ass, when stolen by thieves, refused to
eat for 3 days because the thieves’ provender had not been
tithed.
236 f. 160b. Joshua b. Hananya owned to having been
taught a proper lesson by a widow and child. He was invited
to dine at her house and ate all she set before him. At the
io4—
3rd course she gave him a dish of very salted food, so as to
make him leave at least some of it for other members of
the household.—On another occasion whilst he was walking
in the middle of a field he was rebuked and told that he
was walking on a footpath trodden out by trespassers like
himself. He then got water to drink from a girl and said
she was like Rebecca, but she retorted that he did
not act like Eliezer. He asked her how far it was to the
next town and was told that there was a long road which
was short and a short which was long. The short way lay
through vineyards and fields very difficult to get through
and was therefore the longer. The long one was the high
road and was an easy walk and therefore the shorter.
Seeing her carrying a covered dish he asked what was
inside and she retorted that it was covered so as not to
be seen by others.
235. Pinhas b.Jari's ass, when stolen by thieves, refused to
eat for 3 days because the thieves’ provender had not been
tithed.
236 f. 160b. Joshua b. Hananya owned to having been
taught a proper lesson by a widow and child. He was invited
to dine at her house and ate all she set before him. At the
io4 —
3rd course she gave him a dish of very salted food, so as to
make him leave at least some of it for other members of
the household. — On another occasion whilst he was walking
in the middle of a field he was rebuked and told that he
was walking on a footpath trodden out by trespassers like
himself. He then got water to drink from a girl and said
she was like Rebecca, but she retorted that he did
not act like Eliezer. He asked her how far it was to the
next town and was told that there was a long road which
was short and a short which was long. The short way lay
through vineyards and fields very difficult to get through
and was therefore the longer. The long one was the high
road and was an easy walk and therefore the shorter.
Seeing her carrying a covered dish he asked what was
inside and she retorted that it was covered so as not to
be seen by others.
