Pesachim

the narrow paths [which they frequent], whence their horses bolt and come [into civilized places] bringing them along. Rab said to R. Assi: Do not dwell in a town in which no horses neigh or dogs bark.1 And do not dwell in a town where the leader of the community is a physician.2 And do not marry two [women],3 [but] if you do marry two, marry a third.4 Rab said to R. Kahana: Deal in carcases, but do not deal in words;5 flay carcases in the market place and earn wages and do not say, ‘I am a priest and a great man and it is beneath my dignity.’6 [Even] if you [merely] ascend the roof, [take] victuals with you.7 [Even] if a hundred pumpkins cost but a zuz in town, let them, be under your skirts.8 Rab said to his son Hiyya: Do not take drugs9 and do not leap in great jumps;10 do not have a tooth extracted,11 and do not provoke serpents and do not provoke a Syrian woman. Our Rabbis taught: Three must not be provoked, viz.: an insignificant Gentile,12 a little snake, and a humble pupil. What is the reason? Because their kingdom stands behind their ears. 13 Rab said to his son Aibu: I have laboured over your studies but without success, [so] come and I will teach you worldly wisdom. Sell your wares while the sand is still on your feet.14 Everything you may sell and regret,15 except wine, which you can sell without regrets.16 Untie your purse and [then] open your sacks.17 Better a kab from the ground than a kor from the roof.18 When the dates are in your bag run to the brewery [beth sudna].19 And to what extent? — Said Raba: Up to three se'ahs. R. Papa said: If I were not a beer manufacturer I would not have become wealthy. Others say, R. Hisda said: If I were not a beer manufacturer, I would not have become wealthy. What is [the meaning of] sudna?20 Said R. Hisda: A pleasant secret [sod na'eh] and the exercise of charity.21 R. Papa said: Every bill22 requires collecting;23 in every credit sale it is doubtful whether it [payment] will be forthcoming or not, and when it is forthcoming it may be bad money.24 Three things did R. Johanan say in the name of the men of Jerusalem: when you go out to battle, do not go out among the first but among the last, So that you may return among the first; and treat your Sabbath like a weekday rather than be dependent on your fellow-beings, and strive to be on good terms with him upon whom the hour smiles. Three things did R. Joshua b. Levi say in the name of the men of Jerusalem. Do not practise immodesty25 on account of the incident which occurred;26 if your daughter has attained puberty, free your slave and give [him] to her;27 and beware of your wife with her first son-in-law. What is the reason?-R. Hisda said: On account of immorality: R . Kahana said: On account of money.28 And [in fact] both are correct. R. Johanan said: Three are of those who will inherit the world to come, viz.: he who dwells in Eretz Yisrael; and he who brings up his sons to the Study of the Torah; and he who recites habdalah over wine at the termination of the Sabbath. Who is that? He who leaves over [wine] from kiddush for habdalah.29 R. Johanan said: Concerning three does the Holy one, blessed be He, make proclamation every day:30 a bachelor who lives in a large town without sinning, a poor man who returns lost property to its owner, and a wealthy man who tithes his produce in secret.31 R. Safra was a bachelor living in a large town. communal matters. R. Tam in B.B. 110a s.v. tnh, tk reads hxt instead of thxt , i.e., do not dwell in a town whose head is (R.) Assi — a playful warning against the cares of office, which leave but little time for study. extraction of which affects the eyesight. Preuss, Biblisch — talmudische Medizin, p. 330, quotes Celsus: majore periculo in superioribus dentibus fit (extractio), quia potest tempora oculosque concutere]. Emperor of Rome though born of slaves — according to the Rabbis he was a swineherd originally. When Emperor he tried to avenge insults offered to him in his lowly position.