Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and - Kabbala by Various
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_Avoth d'Rab. Nathan_, chap. 15.
He who obliterates one letter from the written name of God, breaks a negative command, for it is said, "And destroy the names of them out of that place. Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God" (Deut. xii. 3, 4). _Sophrim_, chap. 5, hal. 6. Rabbi Chanina could put on and off his shoes while standing on one leg only, though he was eighty years of age. _Chullin_, fol. 24, col. 2. A priest who is blind in one eye should not be judge of the plague; for it is said (Lev. xiii. 12), "Wheresoever the priest (with both eyes) looketh." _Negaim_, chap. 2, mish. 3. The twig of a bunch without any grapes is clean; but if there remained one grape on it, it is unclean. _Okzin_, chap, i, mish. 5. Not every man deserves to have two tables. _Berachoth_, fol. 5, col. 2. The meaning of this rather ambiguous sentence may either be, |
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