Sanhedrin

Come and hear! 'One may not put money in a bag which was made to hold Tefillin.  But if one [incidentally] put Tefillin in a bag, he may afterwards put money therein'?  — Let us put it thus: If a man made it [for Tefillin] and placed Tefillin therein, it is forbidden to put money in it: and this is in accordance with R. Hisda. Come and hear! 'If one says to a craftsman, Make me a sheath for a Scroll [of the Law], or a receptacle for Tefillin,' before they are actually used for their sacred purposes, they may be employed for secular requirements; but once used for their sacred purposes they may not be put to secular use!'  — There is here a dispute among Tannaim for it has been taught: If one overlaid them [the Tefillin] with gold or covered them with the hide of an unclean beast, they are unfit.  If with the hide of a clean beast, they are permissible, even though it was not dressed for the purpose. R. Simeon b. Gamaliel said: Even if covered with the hide of a clean beast, they are unfit, unless it was not specially dressed for the purpose. Rabina said to Raba: Is there any place where the dead lie while the shroud is being woven?  Yes, he answered; e.g., it is so with the dead of Harpania.  Meremar said in a lecture: The law rests with Abaye. But the Rabbis say: The law rests with Raba. In fact the law is as Raba says. Our Rabbis taught: The property of those executed by the State  belongs to the King: the property of those executed by the Beth din belongs to their heirs. R. Judah said: Even the property of those executed by the State goes to their heirs. Said they to R. Judah: But it is not written, Behold he [Ahab] is in the vineyard of Naboth whither he is gone down to take possession of it?  — He answered: He [Naboth] was his [the King's] cousin,  and therefore he [Ahab] was his legitimate heir.  But he [Naboth] had many sons! — He [the King] slew both him and his sons, he replied, as it is written, Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons.  And the Rabbis?  — They refer to his potential sons.  Now, on the view that their property belongs to the King, it is correct: hence it is said, Naboth did curse God and the King.  But on the view that their estate belongs to their heirs,  why mention and the King?  — But even according to your reasoning,  why state, 'God'?  Hence [it must have been added] in order to increase the anger [of the judges].  So here too,  it [the mention of the King] was made in order to increase the anger [of the judges].  Now, on the view that the estate belongs to the King, it is correct: hence it is written, And Joab fled unto the tent of the Lord and caught hold of the horns of the Altar;  and it is further written, And he said Nay, but I will die here.  But on the view that their estate belongs to their heirs, what difference did it make to him? — [It would serve] to prolong his life for a while. And Benaiah brought back word unto the King saying, thus said Joab and thus he answered me:  He [Joab] had said to him: Go and tell him [the King]: Thou canst not inflict a twofold punishment upon me:  if thou slayest me, thou must submit to the curses which thy father uttered against me;  but it thou art unwilling [to submit thereto], thou must let me live and suffer from thy father's curses against me. And the King said unto him, Do as he hath said,  and fall upon him and bury him. Rab Judah said in Rab's name; All the curses wherewith David cursed Joab were fulfilled in David's own descendants. [It is written:] Let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.  'He that hath an issue' [was fulfilled] in Rehoboam,  for it is written, And king Rehoboam made speed  to get him up to his chariot to flee to Jerusalem;  whilst it is elsewhere written, And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean.  'A leper' — Uzziah,  for it is written, But when he was strong his heart was lifted up so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against the Lord his God, for he went unto the Temple of the Lord to burn the incense upon the altar of incense;  and it is further written, And the leprosy broke forth on his forehead.  'He that leaneth on a staff' — Asa,  for it is written, Only in the time of his age he was diseased in his feet:  concerning which Rab Judah said in Rab's name: He was afflicted with gout.  Mar Zutra the son of R. Nahman asked R. Nahman; What is it [this complaint] like? — He answered: Like a needle in the raw flesh. But how did he [R. Nahman] know that? — Either because he himself suffered with it; alternatively, he had a tradition from his teacher; or again [he knew it] because, The secret  of the Lord is with them that fear Him, and His covenant to make them know it.  'He that falleth by the sword,' — Josiah,  for it is written, And the archers shot at king Josiah:  concerning which Rab Judah said in Rab's name: They riddled his body like a sieve. 'That lacketh bread' — Jechoniah,  for it is written, And for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him [by the king].  Rab Judah said in Rab's name: Thus people say,