Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and - Kabbala by Various
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Ibid., fol. 75, col. 1. Two negatives or two affirmatives are as good as an oath. _Shevuoth_, fol. 36, col. 1. Like two pearls were the two drops of holy oil that were suspended from the two corners of the beard of Aaron. _Horayoth_, fol. 12, col. 1. For two to sit together and have no discourse about the law, is to sit in the seat of the scornful; as it is said (Ps. i. I), "And sitteth not in the seat of the scornful." _Avoth_, chap. iii. When two are seated together at table, the younger shall not partake before the elder, otherwise the younger shall be justly accounted a glutton. _Derech Eretz_, chap. vii. Philemo once asked Rabbi (the Holy), "If a man has two heads, on which is he to put the phylactery?" To which Rabbi replied, "Either get up and be off, or take an anathema; for thou art making fun of me." _Menachoth_, fol. 37, col. 1. |
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