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| 137. | An Unclean Cup |
| 6 | When the outside of a vessel is contaminated by an (unclean) liquid, its exterior [lit: "bottom"] is unclean; but its interior and its rim and its hanger or its handle are (still considered) clean... |
| 8 | When one is drinking from a cup with an unclean exterior, one (need) not worry about the liquid in one's mouth --- that it will be contaminated by the outside of the cup and in turn will contaminate (the inside of) the cup. |
| --- Mishna, Kelim 25.6, 8 |
| 138. | What Defiles? |
| 2 | Anything that makes a man unclean makes an earthen vessel unclean; and anything that does not make a man unclean does not make an earthen vessel unclean --- except for liquids. |
| --- Tosefta, Kelim Baba Qamma 6.2 |
| 139. | Whose House is Dirty? |
| 1 | Rabbi
Simeon (ben Yochai)
said: --"(If) one handed a (house) key to a worldly person [am ha aretz], one's house is (considered) unclean...(but when) one enters without permission, even if he stands beside things that are clean, they are (still considered) clean. |
| 2 | (If) a comrade [chaber] sleeps within the house of a worldly person and his (own) clothers are folded and laid under his head and his sandals and flask are facing him, then these are (considered still) clean. |
| --- Tosefta, Toharoth 8.1-2 |
| 140. | Tax Collectors Visit |
| 6 | When (tax) collectors enter into a house, the house (is considered) unclean. |
| --- Tosefta, Toharoth 7.6 |
| 141. | A Leper's Visit |
| 11 | When a leper enters into the house all the possessions there become unclean up to the rafters. |
| --- Mishna, Neg'aim 13.11 |
| 142. | Passing Lepers |
| 3 | Rabbi
Johanan (bar Nappacha)
said: --"One is forbidden to walk forty cubits [= 60 feet] to the east of a leper!" Rabbi Simeon (ben Lakish) said: --"Even a hundred cubits [= 150 feet]!" |
| --- Midrash, Wayyiqra Rabba 16.3 |
| 143. | Sin causes Sickness |
| 7 | (A leper) comes near the priest
and the priest says to him: --"Go examine yourself and repent!" Plagues do not come except for an evil tongue; and leprosy does not come except for a haughty spirit. And God [Maqom = lit: "the Place"] does not judge man except with mercy. |
| --- Tosefta, Neg'aim 6.7 |
| 144. | Gentiles & Heretics |
| 20 | Meat found in the possession of
a gentile [goy] one is free to enjoy; (but that) in the possession of a heretic [min], one is forbidden to enjoy. What comes from a house of foreign worship [beth abodah zarah]: note, this is (considered) meat from the sacrifices of the dead. For they have said: --"The sacrifice of a heretic is foreign worship" [Mishna, cHullin 2.7]. (Heretics') bread (is like) the bread of Samaritans and their wine (is like) the wine of (pagan) libations; their produce is untithed and their books are the books of sorcerers and their children are illegitimate [mamzerim]." |
| --- Tosefta, Shechitat cHullin 2.20 |
| 145. | Who profanes? |
| :רבי
אלעזר המודעי אומר ,המחלל את הקדשים, והמבזה את המועדות ,והמלבין פני חברו ברבים ,והמפר בריתו של אברהם אבינו – והמגלה פנים בתורה שלא כהלכה –אף על פי שיש בידו תורה ומעשים טובים .אין לו חלק לעולם הבא |
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| --- Mishna, Aboth 3.12 |
| 146. | Other Interpretations of Torah |
| It is said of one who has read
and repeated [qere ushanah]*
but who did not attend the disciples of the sages: Rabbi Eleazar (ben Pedath) said: --"Here is a peasant (am ha aretz)!" Rabbi Samuel bar Nachmani said: --"Look, here is a boor!" Rabbi Jannai (ben Ishmael) said: --"Look, here is a Samaritan!" Rabbi Acha bar Jacob said: --"Look, here is a sorcerer!" |
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| --- Babylonian Talmud, Sota 22a | |
| * | qere ushanah: technical reference to the study of scripture and oral tradition. |
| 147. | Disciples of Abraham and Balaam |
| 19 | .תלמידיו
של אברהם אבינו: עין טובה, ורוח נמוכה, ונפש שפלה .תלמידיו של בלעם הרשע: עין רעה, ורוח גבוהה, ונפש רחבהמה ?מה בין תלמידיו של אברהם אבינו לתלמידיו של בלעם הרשע .תלמידיו של אברהם אבינו, אוכלין בעולם הזה ונוחלין בעולם הבא :שנאמר (Prov 8:21).להנחיל אהבי יש, ואצרתיהם אמלא אבל תלמידיו של בלעם הרשע יורשין גיהנם ויורדין לבאר שחת :שנאמר ואתה אלהים תורידם לבאר שחת אנשי דמים ומרמה לא יחצו ימיהם (Ps 55:23).ואני אבטח בך |
| ---- Mishna, Aboth 5.19 | |
| * | Balaam: a Moabite prophet who was charged with cursing Israel (Num 22-24). In rabbinic lore he became the archetype of the false prophet. In some later texts this name was used as a circumlocution for Jesus of Nazareth (Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 106a). |
| 148. | Who is Hostile? |
| The hostility that worldly
people [am ha aretz]
hold for a disciple of the sages is greater than the hostility
that star-worshippers [= pagans] hold for Israel. And (the
hostility) of their women is more than theirs. It is taught: --"(The hostility) of one who has studied and deserted [shanah upeyresh]* is greater than all of these. |
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| --- Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim 49b | |
| * | shanah upeyresh = lit.: "repeated and separated," i.e., a former rabbinical student. |
| 149. | Against Trusting Secular Types |
| Our rabbis taught: Six things are to be said about worldly people [am ha aretz]: (1) Do not offer testimony to them! (2) Do not accept testimony from them! (3) Do not disclose as secret to them! (4) Do not appoint them as guardians for orphans! (5) Do not appoint them as guardians of the alms-fund! (6) Do not join a group of them on the way! |
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| --- Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim 49b |
| 150. | Kosher Marriage |
| Our rabbis taught: A man should always sell all that he has and marry the daughter of a disciple of the sages and marry his daughter to a disciple of the sages. This is like [mashal] fruit of the vine mixed with fruit of the vine: a fit an acceptable thing. But he should not marry the daughter of a worldly person [am ha aretz]. This is like fruit of the vine (mixed) with fruit of the thorn: a foul and unacceptable thing. |
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| --- Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim 49ab |
| 151. | A Woman with Child |
| 7 | A man should not marry a woman
made pregnant by his colleague [chaber]
or one who nurse's his colleague's child, as it is said: --"Do not take away an ancient landmark and do not go into the field of orphans" (Prov 23:10). |
| --- Tosefta, Niddah 2.7 |
| 152. | Reason for Divorce |
| 10 | :
בית
שמאי אומרים לא יגרש אדם את אשתו אלא אם כן מצא בה דבר ערוה :שנאמר (Deut 24:1).כי מצא בה ערות דבר :ובית הלל אומרים --"(He may divorce his wife), אפלו הקדיחה תבשילו :שנאמר (Deut 24:1).כי מצא בה ערות דבר :רבי עקיבא אומר --"(He may divorce his wife), אפלו מצא אחרת נאה הימנה :שנאמר (Deut 24:1).והיה אם לא תמצא חן בעינוי |
| --- Mishna, Gittin 9.10 |
| 153. | Letter of Divorce |
| 3 | :גופו
של גט .הרי את מתרת לכל אדם (It should read) :אומר (ben El'ai) רבי יהודה ודין דיהוי ליכי מנאי ספר תרוכין ואגרת שבוקין וגט פטורין .למהך להת נסבא לכל גבר דתצבין |
| --- Mishna, Gittin 9.3 |
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