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Wisdom From the Gemara

Rabbi Johsnan said: So long as
the Temple was in existence, the
altar used to atone for Israel, but
now a man's talent atones for him.
(The poor may be fed from his
table, or he may have them as
guests.) —Berakot, 55a.
• • •

Rabbis Eliezer, Joshua, and
Akiba went to the neighborhood of
Antioch to make a collection for
reedy scholars. A certain Abba
Judah lived there who was very
liberal in giving. But he lost all
his wealth, and when the rabbis
came, he was ashamed and went
home, and his visage was dejected.
His wife said to him, "Why do you
look so dejected?" He replied,
"The rabbis have cc-ne here, and
I do knozi what to do."
Ills riIfe, who was even more
pious then he, then said to him,
"You still own one field. Sell hn!I
of it, and give them the proceeds."
He did so, whereupon the rabbis
prayed for him and said, "May
your needs be supplied."
When they left, the man went to
plow the half of the field that was
stilt his, and as he did so, his cow
stumbled and broke her hoof. He
bent down to help her up, and God
opened his eyes, and he found a
treasure. Then he said, "Surely
for my benefit has this cow broken
her hoof."
When the Rabbis came again,
they asked how Abba Judah fared.
The reply was, "Who can see Abba
Judah? So rich is be in cattle and
sheep and camels. He is as wealthy
as he was before." Then Abba
Judah himself came to the rabbis,
and he greeted them, and said,
"Your prayer has produced fruit
upon fruit." Then they said,
"Though on the last occasion others
gave more than you, see, we put
your came at the head of our list!"
And they took him with them, and
made him sit next to them at their
dinner, and they applied to him the
verse in Proverbs (18:16), "A
man's gift makes room for him
and brings him before great men."
— T. J. Horayot, 3:7.

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The Kremlin Capitalist and His Merchandise

home to detect him, but he was
•
Rabbi Abba would drop a ker-
chief with coins among.the poor.
He was careful, however, to chase
away rogues. — Ketubot, 676.
• • •
One day when Rabbi Johanan
and Rabbi Simeon ben Lakish went
to bathe in the public baths of
Tiberias, they met a poor man who
asked for charity. ''When we come
back," they told him.
But by the time they returned,
he was already dead. Whereupon
they said, "Since we showed him
no charity when he was alive, let
us attend to him now that he is
dead." Oa laying him out for bur-
ial, however, they found a purse
full of silver pieces upon him.
Then they remembered what Rabbi
Abbahu had said, "We must show
charity even to the deceivers, for
were it not for them, a man might
be asked for alms by one who is
truly a poor man, and he might
refuse and be punished."
T. J. Pe'ah, 8:9_

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Rabbi Jonah said: It is not writ-
ten, "Happy is he who gives to the
p'rr," but, "Happy is he who con-
siders the poor" (Ps. 41:1): i e
he who pon'4ers how to fulfill the
command to help the poor. WW:
did Rabbi Jonah act? If he met a
man cf good family, who had be-
come impoverished, he would say,
"I have heard that a legacy has
been left to you in such a place;
take this money in advance, and
pay me back later." When the
man accepted it, he then said to
him, "It is a gift." — T. J. Pe'ah,
9:21b.
• • •
Mar Ukba was accustomed to
throw four zuzim every day
through a bole in his neighbor's
door, and walk away unseen. Once
the poor recipient wished to know
his benefactor, and ran out of his

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