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    1( ,

    ) ( R. Jonathan b. Jose b. Lekunia enquired of R. Simeon b. Jose b. Lekunia: Where is the prohibition in the Torah against

    intercourse with a menstruous woman? He took a clod, and threw it at him.Prohibition against intercourse with a

    menstruant! And into a woman who is impure by heruncleanness thou shalt not approach! Well then, [I meant to

    ask] where do we find

    2( ,

    '

    They shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. What is meant by with their enemies in

    the gate? Said R. Hiyya b. Abba, Even father and son, master and disciple, who study Torah at the same gate

    become enemies of each other; yet they donot stir from there until they come to love each other

    3( :

    :Any dispute which is for the sake of Heaven will last, and that which is not for the sake of Heaven will not last.What

    is [an example of] a dispute for the sake of Heaven? The dispute between Hillel and Shammai.What is [an example

    of] one that is not for the sake of Heaven? This is the disputeof Korach and his group.

    Numbers Chapter 16

    ,- - -; , --- .

    1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, withDathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons ofReuben, took men;

    , - , , -

    .

    2 and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, twohundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect menof the assembly, men of renown;

    - -, --- - ,

    ; ,- .

    3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron,and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregationare holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore thenlift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?'

    , -. 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

    - --,, - - -,

    ; -, .

    5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morningthe LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him tocome near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to comenear unto Him.

    ,:-, -.

    6 This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;

    ,, - , ;

    -, .

    7 and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before the LORD to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shallbe holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.'

    ,-: -, . 8 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi:

    ,- 9 is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you

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    , ,--,- , ,

    .

    from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do theservice of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregationto minister unto them;

    ,,-- -,; ,-.

    10 and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Leviwith thee? and will ye seek the priesthood also?

    , ---,-; -, )(.

    11 Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against theLORD--; and as to Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?'

    ,

    ;, .

    12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they

    said: 'We will not come up;, ,

    ,:- ,- .

    13 is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing withmilk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs makethyself also a prince over us?

    4( ,

    " " : ' " ".

    .

    These are the laws which were said at the loft of Hanina son of Hezqia son of garon when they went to visit him.They counted the people and Beit Shammai outnumbered Beit Hillel and 18 laws were made that day, and that day

    was as bad for Israel as the day the [golden] calf was made Rabbi Yehoshua Onaya taught: Students of Beit

    Shammai stood below and were killing the students of Beit Hillel. It was taught: Six of them went up and the rest

    stood upon them with swords and spears.

    5( ,

    " " "

    " "

    " "

    R. Abba stated in the name of Samuel: For three years there was a dispute between Beth Shammaiand Beth Hillel,

    the former asserting, The halachah is in agreement with our views and the lattercontending, The halachah is in

    agreement with our views. Then a bath kol issued announcing,[The utterances of] both are the words of the living

    God, but the halachah is in agreement with therulings of Beth Hillel. Since, however, both are the words of the living

    God what was it thatentitled Beth Hillel to have the halachah fixed in agreement with their rulings? Because they

    werekindly and modest, they studied their own rulings and those of Beth Shammai, and were even so[humble] as to

    mention the actions of Beth Shammai before theirs.

    6( ,

    " " " " " "

    " " "

    Come and hear: though these forbade what the others permitted . . . Bethshammai, nevertheless, did not refrain

    from marrying women from thefamilies of beth hillel, nor did beth hillel [refrain from marry ingwomen] from the

    families of beth shammai. Now, if it be said that they did not act[in accordance with their own view] one can well

    understand why they did not refrain[from intermarrying with one another]. If, however, it be said that they did act

    [in accordancewith their own view], why did they not refrain? That beth shammai did not refrain from

    marryingwomen from the families of beth hillel may well be justified because such are the children ofpersons guilty

    only of the infringement of a negative precept;but why did not beth hillel refrainfrom [marrying women from the

    families of] beth shammai? Such,surely, being children ofpersons who are guilty of an offence involving kareth, are

    bastards!...[similarlyin respect of] all [the questions of ritual] cleanness and uncleanness,which these declared clean

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    where the others declared unclean,neither of them abstained from using the utensils of the others for

    thepreparation of food that was ritually clean.

    7( ,

    "

    "

    "

    Our Rabbis taught: Thou shalt have,teaches that market officers are appointed to [superintend]measures, but no

    such officers are appointed for [superintending] prices. Those of the Nasi'sHouse appointed market officers to

    [superintend] both measures and prices. [Thereupon] saidSamuel to Karna: Go forth and teach them [the law that]

    market officers are appointed to[superintend] measures, but no such officers are appointed to [superintend] prices.

    [But Karna] wentforth [and] gave them the [following] exposition: Market officers are appointed to [superintend]

    bothmeasures and prices. He said unto him: Is your name Karna? Let a horngrow out of your eye.

    Ahorn,[consequently] grew out of his eye.

    8( ,

    He took a spear in his hand, from here we learn one may not enter the house of learning with weapons

    9( ,

    ' "

    "

    '

    One day R. Johanan was bathing in the Jordan, when Resh Lakish saw him and leapt into theJordan after him. Said he

    [R. Johanan] to him, Your strength should be for the Torah.- Yourbeauty, he replied, should be for women. If

    you will repent, said he, I will give you my sister [inmarriage], who is more beautiful than I. He undertook [to

    repent]; then he wished to return andcollect his weapons, but could not. Subsequently, [R. Johanan] taught him

    Bible and Mishnah, andmade him into a great man. Now, one day there was a dispute in the schoolhouse [with

    respect to thefollowing. Viz.,] a sword, knife, dagger, spear, hand-saw and a scythe at what stage [of

    theirmanufacture] can they become unclean? When their manufacture is finished. And when is theirmanufacture

    finished? R. Johanan ruled: When they are tempered in a furnace. Resh Lakishmaintained: When they have been

    furbished in water. Said he to him: A robber understands histrade. Said he to him, And wherewith have you

    benefited me: there [as a robber] I was calledMaster, and here I am called Master. By bringing you under the wings

    of the Shechinah, heretorted. R. Johanan therefore felt himself deeply hurt, [as a result of which] Resh Lakish fell

    illand died.

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    1( ,

    ) (

    R. Jonathan b. Jose b. Lekunia enquired of R. Simeon b. Jose b. Lekunia: Where is the prohibition in the Torah against

    intercourse with a menstruous woman? He took a clod, and threw it at him.Prohibition against intercourse with a

    menstruant! And into a woman who is impure by heruncleanness thou shalt not approach! Well then, [I meant to

    ask] where do we find

    2( ,

    '

    They shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. What is meant by with their enemies in

    the gate? Said R. Hiyya b. Abba, Even father and son, master and disciple, who study Torah at the same gate

    become enemies of each other; yet they donot stir from there until they come to love each other

    3( :

    :Any dispute which is for the sake of Heaven will last, and that which is not for the sake of Heaven will not last.What

    is [an example of] a dispute for the sake of Heaven? The dispute between Hillel and Shammai.What is [an example

    of] one that is not for the sake of Heaven? This is the disputeof Korach and his group.

    Numbers Chapter 16

    ,- - -; , --- .

    1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, withDathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons ofReuben, took men;

    , - , , -

    .

    2 and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, twohundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect menof the assembly, men of renown;

    - -, --- - ,

    ; ,- .

    3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron,and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregationare holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore thenlift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?'

    , -. 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

    - --,, - - -,

    ; -, .

    5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morningthe LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him tocome near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to comenear unto Him.

    ,:- , -.

    6 This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;

    ,, - , ;

    -, .

    7 and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before the LORD to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shallbe holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.'

    ,-: -, . 8 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi:

    ,- 9 is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you

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    where the others declared unclean,neither of them abstained from using the utensils of the others for

    thepreparation of food that was ritually clean.

    7( ,

    "

    "

    "

    Our Rabbis taught: Thou shalt have,teaches that market officers are appointed to [superintend]measures, but no

    such officers are appointed for [superintending] prices. Those of the Nasi'sHouse appointed market officers to

    [superintend] both measures and prices. [Thereupon] saidSamuel to Karna: Go forth and teach them [the law that]

    market officers are appointed to[superintend] measures, but no such officers are appointed to [superintend] prices.

    [But Karna] wentforth [and] gave them the [following] exposition: Market officers are appointed to [superintend]

    bothmeasures and prices. He said unto him: Is your name Karna? Let a horngrow out of your eye.

    Ahorn,[consequently] grew out of his eye.

    8( ,

    He took a spear in his hand, from here we learn one may not enter the house of learning with weapons

    9( ,

    ' "

    "

    '

    One day R. Johanan was bathing in the Jordan, when Resh Lakish saw him and leapt into theJordan after him. Said he

    [R. Johanan] to him, Your strength should be for the Torah.- Yourbeauty, he replied, should be for women. If

    you will repent, said he, I will give you my sister [inmarriage], who is more beautiful than I. He undertook [to

    repent]; then he wished to return andcollect his weapons, but could not. Subsequently, [R. Johanan] taught him

    Bible and Mishnah, andmade him into a great man. Now, one day there was a dispute in the schoolhouse [with

    respect to thefollowing. Viz.,] a sword, knife, dagger, spear, hand-saw and a scythe at what stage [of

    theirmanufacture] can they become unclean? When their manufacture is finished. And when is theirmanufacture

    finished? R. Johanan ruled: When they are tempered in a furnace. Resh Lakishmaintained: When they have been

    furbished in water. Said he to him: A robber understands histrade. Said he to him, And wherewith have you

    benefited me: there [as a robber] I was calledMaster, and here I am called Master. By bringing you under the wings

    of the Shechinah, heretorted. R. Johanan therefore felt himself deeply hurt, [as a result of which] Resh Lakish fell

    illand died.

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    1( ,

    ) (

    R. Jonathan b. Jose b. Lekunia enquired of R. Simeon b. Jose b. Lekunia: Where is the prohibition in the Torah against

    intercourse with a menstruous woman? He took a clod, and threw it at him.Prohibition against intercourse with a

    menstruant! And into a woman who is impure by heruncleanness thou shalt not approach! Well then, [I meant to

    ask] where do we find

    2( ,

    '

    They shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. What is meant by with their enemies in

    the gate? Said R. Hiyya b. Abba, Even father and son, master and disciple, who study Torah at the same gate

    become enemies of each other; yet they donot stir from there until they come to love each other

    3( :

    :Any dispute which is for the sake of Heaven will last, and that which is not for the sake of Heaven will not last.What

    is [an example of] a dispute for the sake of Heaven? The dispute between Hillel and Shammai.What is [an example

    of] one that is not for the sake of Heaven? This is the disputeof Korach and his group.

    Numbers Chapter 16

    ,- - -; , --- .

    1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, withDathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons ofReuben, took men;

    , - , , -

    .

    2 and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, twohundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect menof the assembly, men of renown;

    - -, --- - ,

    ; ,- .

    3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron,and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregationare holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore thenlift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?'

    , -. 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

    - --,, - - -,

    ; -, .

    5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morningthe LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him tocome near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to comenear unto Him.

    ,:- , -.

    6 This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;

    ,, - , ;

    -, .

    7 and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before the LORD to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shallbe holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.'

    ,-: -, . 8 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi:

    ,- 9 is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you

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    , ,--,- , ,

    .

    from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do theservice of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregationto minister unto them;

    ,,-- -,; ,-.

    10 and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Leviwith thee? and will ye seek the priesthood also?

    , ---,-; -, )(.

    11 Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against theLORD--; and as to Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?'

    ,

    ;, .

    12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they

    said: 'We will not come up;, ,

    ,:- ,- .

    13 is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing withmilk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs makethyself also a prince over us?

    4( ,

    " " : ' " ".

    .

    These are the laws which were said at the loft of Hanina son of Hezqia son of garon when they went to visit him.They counted the people and Beit Shammai outnumbered Beit Hillel and 18 laws were made that day, and that day

    was as bad for Israel as the day the [golden] calf was made Rabbi Yehoshua Onaya taught: Students of Beit

    Shammai stood below and were killing the students of Beit Hillel. It was taught: Six of them went up and the rest

    stood upon them with swords and spears.

    5( ,

    " " "

    " "

    " "

    R. Abba stated in the name of Samuel: For three years there was a dispute between Beth Shammaiand Beth Hillel,

    the former asserting, The halachah is in agreement with our views and the lattercontending, The halachah is in

    agreement with our views. Then a bath kol issued announcing,[The utterances of] both are the words of the living

    God, but the halachah is in agreement with therulings of Beth Hillel. Since, however, both are the words of the living

    God what was it thatentitled Beth Hillel to have the halachah fixed in agreement with their rulings? Because they

    werekindly and modest, they studied their own rulings and those of Beth Shammai, and were even so[humble] as to

    mention the actions of Beth Shammai before theirs.

    6( ,

    " " " " " "

    " " "

    Come and hear: though these forbade what the others permitted . . . Bethshammai, nevertheless, didnot refrain

    from marrying women from thefamilies of beth hillel, nor did beth hillel [refrain from marry ingwomen] from the

    families of beth shammai. Now, if it be said that they did not act[in accordance with their own view] one can well

    understand why they did not refrain[from intermarrying with one another]. If, however, it be said that they did act

    [in accordancewith their own view], why did they not refrain? That beth shammai did not refrain from

    marryingwomen from the families of beth hillel may well be justified because such are the children ofpersons guilty

    only of the infringement of a negative precept;but why did not beth hillel refrainfrom [marrying women from the

    families of] beth shammai? Such,surely, being children ofpersons who are guilty of an offence involving kareth, are

    bastards!...[similarlyin respect of] all [the questions of ritual] cleanness and uncleanness,which these declared clean

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    where the others declared unclean,neither of them abstained from using the utensils of the others for

    thepreparation of food that was ritually clean.

    7( ,

    "

    "

    "

    Our Rabbis taught: Thou shalt have,teaches that market officers are appointed to [superintend]measures, but no

    such officers are appointed for [superintending] prices. Those of the Nasi'sHouse appointed market officers to

    [superintend] both measures and prices. [Thereupon] saidSamuel to Karna: Go forth and teach them [the law that]

    market officers are appointed to[superintend] measures, but no such officers are appointed to [superintend] prices.

    [But Karna] wentforth [and] gave them the [following] exposition: Market officers are appointed to [superintend]

    bothmeasures and prices. He said unto him: Is your name Karna? Let a horngrow out of your eye.

    Ahorn,[consequently] grew out of his eye.

    8( ,

    He took a spear in his hand, from here we learn one may not enter the house of learning with weapons

    9( ,

    ' "

    "

    '

    One day R. Johanan was bathing in the Jordan, when Resh Lakish saw him and leapt into theJordan after him. Said he

    [R. Johanan] to him, Your strength should be for the Torah.- Yourbeauty, he replied, should be for women. If

    you will repent, said he, I will give you my sister [inmarriage], who is more beautiful than I. He undertook [to

    repent]; then he wished to return andcollect his weapons, but could not. Subsequently, [R. Johanan] taught him

    Bible and Mishnah, andmade him into a great man. Now, one day there was a dispute in the schoolhouse [with

    respect to thefollowing. Viz.,] a sword, knife, dagger, spear, hand-saw and a scythe at what stage [of

    theirmanufacture] can they become unclean? When their manufacture is finished. And when is theirmanufacture

    finished? R. Johanan ruled: When they are tempered in a furnace. Resh Lakishmaintained: When they have been

    furbished in water. Said he to him: A robber understands histrade. Said he to him, And wherewith have you

    benefited me: there [as a robber] I was calledMaster, and here I am called Master. By bringing you under the wings

    of the Shechinah, heretorted. R. Johanan therefore felt himself deeply hurt, [as a result of which] Resh Lakish fell

    illand died.

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    1( ,

    ) (

    R. Jonathan b. Jose b. Lekunia enquired of R. Simeon b. Jose b. Lekunia: Where is the prohibition in the Torah against

    intercourse with a menstruous woman? He took a clod, and threw it at him.Prohibition against intercourse with a

    menstruant! And into a woman who is impure by heruncleanness thou shalt not approach! Well then, [I meant to

    ask] where do we find

    2( ,

    '

    They shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. What is meant by with their enemies in

    the gate? Said R. Hiyya b. Abba, Even father and son, master and disciple, who study Torah at the same gate

    become enemies of each other; yet they donot stir from there until they come to love each other

    3( :

    :Any dispute which is for the sake of Heaven will last, and that which is not for the sake of Heaven will not last.What

    is [an example of] a dispute for the sake of Heaven? The dispute between Hillel and Shammai.What is [an example

    of] one that is not for the sake of Heaven? This is the disputeof Korach and his group.

    Numbers Chapter 16

    ,- - -; , --- .

    1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, withDathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons ofReuben, took men;

    , - , , -

    .

    2 and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, twohundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect menof the assembly, men of renown;

    - -, --- - ,

    ; ,- .

    3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron,and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregationare holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore thenlift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?'

    , -. 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

    - --,, - - -,

    ; -, .

    5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morningthe LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him tocome near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to comenear unto Him.

    ,:- , -.

    6 This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;

    ,, - , ;

    -, .

    7 and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before the LORD to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shallbe holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.'

    ,-: -, . 8 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi:

    ,- 9 is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you

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    , ,--,- , ,

    .

    from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do theservice of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregationto minister unto them;

    ,,-- -,; ,-.

    10 and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Leviwith thee? and will ye seek the priesthood also?

    , ---,-; -, )(.

    11 Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against theLORD--; and as to Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?'

    ,

    ;, .

    12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they

    said: 'We will not come up;, ,

    ,:- ,- .

    13 is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing withmilk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs makethyself also a prince over us?

    4( ,

    " " : ' " ".

    .

    These are the laws which were said at the loft of Hanina son of Hezqia son of garon when they went to visit him.They counted the people and Beit Shammai outnumbered Beit Hillel and 18 laws were made that day, and that day

    was as bad for Israel as the day the [golden] calf was made Rabbi Yehoshua Onaya taught: Students of Beit

    Shammai stood below and were killing the students of Beit Hillel. It was taught: Six of them went up and the rest

    stood upon them with swords and spears.

    5( ,

    " " "

    " "

    " "

    R. Abba stated in the name of Samuel: For three years there was a dispute between Beth Shammaiand Beth Hillel,

    the former asserting, The halachah is in agreement with our views and the lattercontending, The halachah is in

    agreement with our views. Then a bath kol issued announcing,[The utterances of] both are the words of the living

    God, but the halachah is in agreement with therulings of Beth Hillel. Since, however, both are the words of the living

    God what was it thatentitled Beth Hillel to have the halachah fixed in agreement with their rulings? Because they

    werekindly and modest, they studied their own rulings and those of Beth Shammai, and were even so[humble] as to

    mention the actions of Beth Shammai before theirs.

    6( ,

    " " " " " "

    " " "

    Come and hear: though these forbade what the others permitted . . . Bethshammai, nevertheless, did not refrain

    from marrying women from thefamilies of beth hillel, nor did beth hillel [refrain from marry ingwomen] from the

    families of beth shammai. Now, if it be said that they did not act[in accordance with their own view] one can well

    understand why they did not refrain[from intermarrying with one another]. If, however, it be said that they did act

    [in accordancewith their own view], why did they not refrain? That beth shammai did not refrain from

    marryingwomen from the families of beth hillel may well be justified because such are the children ofpersons guilty

    only of the infringement of a negative precept;but why did not beth hillel refrainfrom [marrying women from the

    families of] beth shammai? Such,surely, being children ofpersons who are guilty of an offence involving kareth, are

    bastards!...[similarlyin respect of] all [the questions of ritual] cleanness and uncleanness,which these declared clean

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    where the others declared unclean,neither of them abstained from using the utensils of the others for

    thepreparation of food that was ritually clean.

    7( ,

    "

    "

    "

    Our Rabbis taught: Thou shalt have,teaches that market officers are appointed to [superintend]measures, but no

    such officers are appointed for [superintending] prices. Those of the Nasi'sHouse appointed market officers to

    [superintend] both measures and prices. [Thereupon] saidSamuel to Karna: Go forth and teach them [the law that]

    market officers are appointed to[superintend] measures, but no such officers are appointed to [superintend] prices.

    [But Karna] wentforth [and] gave them the [following] exposition: Market officers are appointed to [superintend]

    bothmeasures and prices. He said unto him: Is your name Karna? Let a horngrow out of your eye.

    Ahorn,[consequently] grew out of his eye.

    8( ,

    He took a spear in his hand, from here we learn one may not enter the house of learning with weapons

    9( ,

    ' "

    "

    '

    One day R. Johanan was bathing in the Jordan, when Resh Lakish saw him and leapt into theJordan after him. Said he

    [R. Johanan] to him, Your strength should be for the Torah.- Yourbeauty, he replied, should be for women. If

    you will repent, said he, I will give you my sister [inmarriage], who is more beautiful than I. He undertook [to

    repent]; then he wished to return andcollect his weapons, but could not. Subsequently, [R. Johanan] taught him

    Bible and Mishnah, andmade him into a great man. Now, one day there was a dispute in the schoolhouse [with

    respect to thefollowing. Viz.,] a sword, knife, dagger, spear, hand-saw and a scythe at what stage [of

    theirmanufacture] can they become unclean? When their manufacture is finished. And when is theirmanufacture

    finished? R. Johanan ruled: When they are tempered in a furnace. Resh Lakishmaintained: When they have been

    furbished in water. Said he to him: A robber understands histrade. Said he to him, And wherewith have you

    benefited me: there [as a robber] I was calledMaster, and here I am called Master. By bringing you under the wings

    of the Shechinah, heretorted. R. Johanan therefore felt himself deeply hurt, [as a result of which] Resh Lakish fell

    illand died.

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    1( ,

    ) (

    R. Jonathan b. Jose b. Lekunia enquired of R. Simeon b. Jose b. Lekunia: Where is the prohibition in the Torah against

    intercourse with a menstruous woman? He took a clod, and threw it at him.Prohibition against intercourse with a

    menstruant! And into a woman who is impure by heruncleanness thou shalt not approach! Well then, [I meant to

    ask] where do we find

    2( ,

    '

    They shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. What is meant by with their enemies in

    the gate? Said R. Hiyya b. Abba, Even father and son, master and disciple, who study Torah at the same gate

    become enemies of each other; yet they donot stir from there until they come to love each other

    3( :

    :Any dispute which is for the sake of Heaven will last, and that which is not for the sake of Heaven will not last.What

    is [an example of] a dispute for the sake of Heaven? The dispute between Hillel and Shammai.What is [an example

    of] one that is not for the sake of Heaven? This is the disputeof Korach and his group.

    Numbers Chapter 16

    ,- - -; , --- .

    1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, withDathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons ofReuben, took men;

    , - , , -

    .

    2 and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, twohundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect menof the assembly, men of renown;

    - -, --- - ,

    ; ,- .

    3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron,and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregationare holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore thenlift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?'

    ,-. 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

    - --,, - - -,

    ; -, .

    5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morningthe LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him tocome near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to comenear unto Him.

    ,:- , -.

    6 This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;

    ,, - , ;

    -, .

    7 and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before the LORD to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shallbe holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.'

    ,-: -, . 8 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi:

    ,- 9 is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you

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    , ,--,- , ,

    .

    from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do theservice of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregationto minister unto them;

    ,,-- -,; ,-.

    10 and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Leviwith thee? and will ye seek the priesthood also?

    , ---,-; -, )(.

    11 Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against theLORD--; and as to Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?'

    ,

    ;, .

    12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they

    said: 'We will not come up;, ,

    ,:- ,- .

    13 is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing withmilk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs makethyself also a prince over us?

    4( ,

    " " : ' " ".

    .

    These are the laws which were said at the loft of Hanina son of Hezqia son of garon when they went to visit him.They counted the people and Beit Shammai outnumbered Beit Hillel and 18 laws were made that day, and that day

    was as bad for Israel as the day the [golden] calf was made Rabbi Yehoshua Onaya taught: Students of Beit

    Shammai stood below and were killing the students of Beit Hillel. It was taught: Six of them went up and the rest

    stood upon them with swords and spears.

    5( ,

    " " "

    " "

    " "

    R. Abba stated in the name of Samuel: For three years there was a dispute between Beth Shammaiand Beth Hillel,

    the former asserting, The halachah is in agreement with our views and the lattercontending, The halachah is in

    agreement with our views. Then a bath kol issued announcing,[The utterances of] both are the words of the living

    God, but the halachah is in agreement with therulings of Beth Hillel. Since, however, both are the words of the living

    God what was it thatentitled Beth Hillel to have the halachah fixed in agreement with their rulings? Because they

    werekindly and modest, they studied their own rulings and those of Beth Shammai, and were even so[humble] as to

    mention the actions of Beth Shammai before theirs.

    6( ,

    " " " " " "

    " " "

    Come and hear: though these forbade what the others permitted . . . Bethshammai, nevertheless, did not refrain

    from marrying women from thefamilies of beth hillel, nor did beth hillel [refrain from marry ingwomen] from the

    families of beth shammai. Now, if it be said that they did not act[in accordance with their own view] one can well

    understand why they did not refrain[from intermarrying with one another]. If, however, it be said that they did act

    [in accordancewith their own view], why did they not refrain? That beth shammai did not refrain from

    marryingwomen from the families of beth hillel may well be justified because such are the children ofpersons guilty

    only of the infringement of a negative precept;but why did not beth hillel refrainfrom [marrying women from the

    families of] beth shammai? Such,surely, being children ofpersons who are guilty of an offence involving kareth, are

    bastards!...[similarlyin respect of] all [the questions of ritual] cleanness and uncleanness,which these declared clean

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    where the others declared unclean,neither of them abstained from using the utensils of the others for

    thepreparation of food that was ritually clean.

    7( ,

    "

    "

    "

    Our Rabbis taught: Thou shalt have,teaches that market officers are appointed to [superintend]measures, but no

    such officers are appointed for [superintending] prices. Those of the Nasi'sHouse appointed market officers to

    [superintend] both measures and prices. [Thereupon] saidSamuel to Karna: Go forth and teach them [the law that]

    market officers are appointed to[superintend] measures, but no such officers are appointed to [superintend] prices.

    [But Karna] wentforth [and] gave them the [following] exposition: Market officers are appointed to [superintend]

    bothmeasures and prices. He said unto him: Is your name Karna? Let a horngrow out of your eye.

    Ahorn,[consequently] grew out of his eye.

    8( ,

    He took a spear in his hand, from here we learn one may not enter the house of learning with weapons

    9( ,

    ' "

    "

    '

    One day R. Johanan was bathing in the Jordan, when Resh Lakish saw him and leapt into theJordan after him. Said he

    [R. Johanan] to him, Your strength should be for the Torah.- Yourbeauty, he replied, should be for women. If

    you will repent, said he, I will give you my sister [inmarriage], who is more beautiful than I. He undertook [to

    repent]; then he wished to return andcollect his weapons, but could not. Subsequently, [R. Johanan] taught him

    Bible and Mishnah, andmade him into a great man. Now, one day there was a dispute in the schoolhouse [with

    respect to thefollowing. Viz.,] a sword, knife, dagger, spear, hand-saw and a scythe at what stage [of

    theirmanufacture] can they become unclean? When their manufacture is finished. And when is theirmanufacture

    finished? R. Johanan ruled: When they are tempered in a furnace. Resh Lakishmaintained: When they have been

    furbished in water. Said he to him: A robber understands histrade. Said he to him, And wherewith have you

    benefited me: there [as a robber] I was calledMaster, and here I am called Master. By bringing you under the wings

    of the Shechinah, heretorted. R. Johanan therefore felt himself deeply hurt, [as a result of which] Resh Lakish fell

    illand died.

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    1( ,

    ) (

    R. Jonathan b. Jose b. Lekunia enquired of R. Simeon b. Jose b. Lekunia: Where is the prohibition in the Torah against

    intercourse with a menstruous woman? He took a clod, and threw it at him.Prohibition against intercourse with a

    menstruant! And into a woman who is impure by heruncleanness thou shalt not approach! Well then, [I meant to

    ask] where do we find

    2( ,

    '

    They shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. What is meant by with their enemies in

    the gate? Said R. Hiyya b. Abba, Even father and son, master and disciple, who study Torah at the same gate

    become enemies of each other; yet they donot stir from there until they come to love each other

    3( :

    :Any dispute which is for the sake of Heaven will last, and that which is not for the sake of Heaven will not last.What

    is [an example of] a dispute for the sake of Heaven? The dispute between Hillel and Shammai.What is [an example

    of] one that is not for the sake of Heaven? This is the disputeof Korach and his group.

    Numbers Chapter 16

    ,- - -; , --- .

    1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, withDathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons ofReuben, took men;

    , - , , -

    .

    2 and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, twohundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect menof the assembly, men of renown;

    - -, --- - ,

    ; ,- .

    3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron,and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregationare holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore thenlift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?'

    , -. 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

    - --,, - - -,

    ; -, .

    5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morningthe LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him tocome near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to comenear unto Him.

    ,:- , -.

    6 This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;

    ,, - , ;

    -, .

    7 and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before the LORD to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shallbe holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.'

    ,-: -, . 8 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi:

    ,- 9 is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you

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    where the others declared unclean,neither of them abstained from using the utensils of the others for

    thepreparation of food that was ritually clean.

    7( ,

    "

    "

    "

    Our Rabbis taught: Thou shalt have,teaches that market officers are appointed to [superintend]measures, but no

    such officers are appointed for [superintending] prices. Those of the Nasi'sHouse appointed market officers to

    [superintend] both measures and prices. [Thereupon]saidSamuel to Karna: Go forth and teach them [the law that]

    market officers are appointed to[superintend] measures, but no such officers are appointed to [superintend] prices.

    [But Karna] wentforth [and] gave them the [following] exposition: Market officers are appointed to [superintend]

    bothmeasures and prices. He said unto him: Is your name Karna? Let a horngrow out of your eye.

    Ahorn,[consequently] grew out of his eye.

    8( ,

    He took a spear in his hand, from here we learn one may not enter the house of learning with weapons

    9( ,

    ' "

    "

    '

    One day R. Johanan was bathing in the Jordan, when Resh Lakish saw him and leapt into theJordan after him. Said he

    [R. Johanan] to him, Your strength should be for the Torah.- Yourbeauty, he replied, should be for women. If

    you will repent, said he, I will give you my sister [inmarriage], who is more beautiful than I. He undertook [to

    repent]; then he wished to return andcollect his weapons, but could not. Subsequently, [R. Johanan] taught him

    Bible and Mishnah, andmade him into a great man. Now, one day there was a dispute in the schoolhouse [with

    respect to thefollowing. Viz.,] a sword, knife, dagger, spear, hand-saw and a scythe at what stage [of

    theirmanufacture] can they become unclean? When their manufacture is finished. And when is theirmanufacture

    finished? R. Johanan ruled: When they are tempered in a furnace. Resh Lakishmaintained: When they have been

    furbished in water. Said he to him: A robber understands histrade. Said he to him, And wherewith have you

    benefited me: there [as a robber] I was calledMaster, and here I am called Master. By bringing you under the wings

    of the Shechinah, heretorted. R. Johanan therefore felt himself deeply hurt, [as a result of which] Resh Lakish fell

    illand died.

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    1( ,

    ) (

    R. Jonathan b. Jose b. Lekunia enquired of R. Simeon b. Jose b. Lekunia: Where is the prohibition in the Torah against

    intercourse with a menstruous woman? He took a clod, and threw it at him.Prohibition against intercourse with a

    menstruant! And into a woman who is impure by heruncleanness thou shalt not approach! Well then, [I meant to

    ask] where do we find

    2( ,

    '

    They shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. What is meant by with their enemies in

    the gate? Said R. Hiyya b. Abba, Even father and son, master and disciple, who study Torah at the same gate

    become enemies of each other; yet they donot stir from there until they come to love each other

    3( :

    :Any dispute which is for the sake of Heaven will last, and that which is not for the sake of Heaven will not last.What

    is [an example of] a dispute for the sake of Heaven? The dispute between Hillel and Shammai.What is [an example

    of] one that is not for the sake of Heaven? This is the disputeof Korach and his group.

    Numbers Chapter 16

    ,- - -; , --- .

    1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, withDathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons ofReuben, took men;

    , - , , -

    .

    2 and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, twohundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect menof the assembly, men of renown;

    - -, --- - ,

    ; ,- .

    3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron,and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregationare holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore thenlift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?'

    , -. 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

    - --,, - - -,

    ; -, .

    5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morningthe LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him tocome near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to comenear unto Him.

    ,:- , -.

    6 This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;

    ,, - , ;

    -, .

    7 and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before the LORD to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shallbe holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.'

    ,-: -, . 8 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi:

    ,- 9 is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you

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    , ,--,- , ,

    .

    from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do theservice of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregationto minister unto them;

    ,,-- -,; ,-.

    10 and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Leviwith thee? and will ye seek the priesthood also?

    , ---,-; -, )(.

    11 Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against theLORD--; and as to Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?'

    ,

    ;, .

    12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they

    said: 'We will not come up;, ,

    ,:- ,- .

    13 is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing withmilk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs makethyself also a prince over us?

    4( ,

    " " : ' " ".

    .

    These are the laws which were said at the loft of Hanina son of Hezqia son of garon when they went to visit him.They counted the people and Beit Shammai outnumbered Beit Hillel and 18 laws were made that day, and that day

    was as bad for Israel as the day the [golden] calf was made Rabbi Yehoshua Onaya taught: Students of Beit

    Shammai stood below and were killing the students of Beit Hillel. It was taught: Six of them went up and the rest

    stood upon them with swords and spears.

    5( ,

    " " "

    " "

    " "

    R. Abba stated in the name of Samuel: For three years there was a dispute between Beth Shammaiand Beth Hillel,

    the former asserting, The halachah is in agreement with our views and the lattercontending, The halachah is in

    agreement with our views. Then a bath kol issued announcing,[The utterances of] both are the words of the living

    God, but the halachah is in agreement with therulings of Beth Hillel. Since, however, both are the words of the living

    God what was it thatentitled Beth Hillel to have the halachah fixed in agreement with their rulings? Because they

    werekindly and modest, they studied their own rulings and those of Beth Shammai, and were even so[humble] as to

    mention the actions of Beth Shammai before theirs.

    6( ,

    " " " " " "

    " " "

    Come and hear: though these forbade what the others permitted . . . Bethshammai, nevertheless, did not refrain

    from marrying women from thefamilies of beth hillel, nor did beth hillel [refrain from marry ingwomen] from the

    families of beth shammai. Now, if it be said that they did not act[in accordance with their own view] one can well

    understand why they did not refrain[from intermarrying with one another]. If, however, it be said that they did act

    [in accordancewith their own view], why did they not refrain? That beth shammai did not refrain from

    marryingwomen from the families of beth hillel may well be justified because such are the children ofpersons guilty

    only of the infringement of a negative precept;but why did not beth hillel refrainfrom [marrying women from the

    families of] beth shammai? Such,surely, being children ofpersons who are guilty of an offence involving kareth, are

    bastards!...[similarlyin respect of] all [the questions of ritual] cleanness and uncleanness,which these declared clean

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    where the others declared unclean,neither of them abstained from using the utensils of the others for

    thepreparation of food that was ritually clean.

    7( ,

    "

    "

    "

    Our Rabbis taught: Thou shalt have,teaches that market officers are appointed to [superintend]measures, but no

    such officers are appointed for [superintending] prices. Those of the Nasi'sHouse appointed market officers to

    [superintend] both measures and prices. [Thereupon] saidSamuel to Karna: Go forth and teach them [the law that]

    market officers are appointed to[superintend] measures, but no such officers are appointed to [superintend] prices.

    [But Karna] wentforth [and] gave them the [following] exposition: Market officers are appointed to [superintend]

    bothmeasures and prices. He said unto him: Is your name Karna? Let a horngrow out of your eye.

    Ahorn,[consequently] grew out of his eye.

    8( ,

    He took a spear in his hand, from here we learn one may not enter the house of learning with weapons

    9( ,

    ' "

    "

    '

    One day R. Johanan was bathing in the Jordan, when Resh Lakish saw him and leapt into theJordan after him. Said he

    [R. Johanan] to him, Your strength should be for the Torah.- Yourbeauty, he replied, should be for women. If

    you will repent, said he, I will give you my sister [inmarriage], who is more beautiful than I. He undertook [to

    repent]; then he wished to return andcollect his weapons, but could not. Subsequently, [R. Johanan] taught him

    Bible and Mishnah, andmade him into a great man. Now, one day there was a dispute in the schoolhouse [with

    respect to thefollowing. Viz.,] a sword, knife, dagger, spear, hand-saw and a scythe at what stage [of

    theirmanufacture] can they become unclean? When their manufacture is finished. And when is theirmanufacture

    finished? R. Johanan ruled: When they are tempered in a furnace. Resh Lakishmaintained: When they have been

    furbished in water. Said he to him: A robber understands histrade. Said he to him, And wherewith have you

    benefited me: there [as a robber] I was calledMaster, and here I am called Master. By bringing you under the wings

    of the Shechinah, heretorted. R. Johanan therefore felt himself deeply hurt, [as a result of which] Resh Lakish fell

    illand died.

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    1( ,

    ) (

    R. Jonathan b. Jose b. Lekunia enquired of R. Simeon b. Jose b. Lekunia: Where is the prohibition in the Torah against

    intercourse with a menstruous woman? He took a clod, and threw it at him.Prohibition against intercourse with a

    menstruant! And into a woman who is impure by heruncleanness thou shalt not approach! Well then, [I meant to

    ask] where do we find

    2( ,

    '

    They shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. What is meant by with their enemies in

    the gate? Said R. Hiyya b. Abba, Even father and son, master and disciple, who study Torah at the same gate

    become enemies of each other; yet they donot stir from there until they come to love each other

    3( :

    :Any dispute which is for the sake of Heaven will last, and that which is not for the sake of Heaven will not last.What

    is [an example of] a dispute for the sake of Heaven? The dispute between Hillel and Shammai.What is [an example

    of] one that is not for the sake of Heaven? This is the disputeof Korach and his group.

    Numbers Chapter 16

    ,- - -; , --- .

    1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, withDathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons ofReuben, took men;

    , - , , -

    .

    2 and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, twohundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect menof the assembly, men of renown;

    - -, --- - ,

    ; ,- .

    3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron,and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregationare holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore thenlift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?'

    , -. 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

    - --,, - - -,

    ; -, .

    5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morningthe LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him tocome near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to comenear unto Him.

    ,:- , -.

    6 This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;

    ,, - , ;

    -, .

    7 and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before the LORD to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shallbe holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.'

    ,-: -, . 8 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi:

    ,- 9 is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you

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    , ,--,- , ,

    .

    from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do theservice of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregationto minister unto them;

    ,,-- -,; ,-.

    10 and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Leviwith thee? and will ye seek the priesthood also?

    , ---,-; -, )(.

    11 Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against theLORD--; and as to Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?'

    ,

    ;, .

    12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they

    said: 'We will not come up;, ,

    ,:- ,- .

    13 is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing withmilk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs makethyself also a prince over us?

    4( ,

    " " : ' " ".

    .

    These are the laws which were said at the loft of Hanina son of Hezqia son of garon when they went to visit him.They counted the people and Beit Shammai outnumbered Beit Hillel and 18 laws were made that day, and that day

    was as bad for Israel as the day the [golden] calf was made Rabbi Yehoshua Onaya taught: Students of Beit

    Shammai stood below and were killing the students of Beit Hillel. It was taught: Six of them went up and the rest

    stood upon them with swords and spears.

    5( ,

    " " "

    " "

    " "

    R. Abba stated in the name of Samuel: For three years there was a dispute between Beth Shammaiand Beth Hillel,

    the former asserting, The halachah is in agreement with our views and the lattercontending, The halachah is in

    agreement with our views. Then a bath kol issued announcing,[The utterances of] both are the words of the living

    God, but the halachah is in agreement with therulings of Beth Hillel. Since, however, both are the words of the living

    God what was it thatentitled Beth Hillel to have the halachah fixed in agreement with their rulings? Because they

    werekindly and modest, they studied their own rulings and those of Beth Shammai, and were even so[humble] as to

    mention the actions of Beth Shammai before theirs.

    6( ,

    " " " " " "

    " " "

    Come and hear: though these forbade what the others permitted . . . Bethshammai, nevertheless, did not refrain

    from marrying women from thefamilies of beth hillel, nor did beth hillel [refrain from marry ingwomen] from the

    families of beth shammai. Now, if it be said that they did not act[in accordance with their own view] one can well

    understand why they did not refrain[from intermarrying with one another]. If, however, it be said that they did act

    [in accordancewith their own view], why did they not refrain? That beth shammai did not refrain from

    marryingwomen from the families of beth hillel may well be justified because such are the children ofpersons guilty

    only of the infringement of a negative precept;but why did not beth hillel refrainfrom [marrying women from the

    families of] beth shammai? Such,surely, being children ofpersons who are guilty of an offence involving kareth, are

    bastards!...[similarlyin respect of] all [the questions of ritual] cleanness and uncleanness,which these declared clean

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    where the others declared unclean,neither of them abstained from using the utensils of the others for

    thepreparation of food that was ritually clean.

    7( ,

    "

    "

    "

    Our Rabbis taught: Thou shalt have,teaches that market officers are appointed to [superintend]measures, but no

    such officers are appointed for [superintending] prices. Those of the Nasi'sHouse appointed market officers to

    [superintend] both measures and prices. [Thereupon] saidSamuel to Karna: Go forth and teach them [the law that]

    market officers are appointed to[superintend] measures, but no such officers are appointed to [superintend] prices.

    [But Karna] wentforth [and] gave them the [following] exposition: Market officers are appointed to [superintend]

    bothmeasures and prices. He said unto him: Is your name Karna? Let a horngrow out of your eye.

    Ahorn,[consequently] grew out of his eye.

    8( ,

    He took a spear in his hand, from here we learn one may not enter the house of learning with weapons

    9( ,

    ' "

    "

    '

    One day R. Johanan was bathing in the Jordan, when Resh Lakish saw him and leapt into theJordan after him. Said he

    [R. Johanan] to him, Your strength should be for the Torah.- Yourbeauty, he replied, should be for women. If

    you will repent, said he, I will give you my sister [inmarriage], who is more beautiful than I. He undertook [to

    repent]; then he wished to return andcollect his weapons, but could not. Subsequently, [R. Johanan] taught him

    Bible and Mishnah, andmade him into a great man. Now, one day there was a dispute in the schoolhouse [with

    respect to thefollowing. Viz.,] a sword, knife, dagger, spear, hand-saw and a scythe at what stage [of

    theirmanufacture] can they become unclean? When their manufacture is finished. And when is theirmanufacture

    finished? R. Johanan ruled: When they are tempered in a furnace. Resh Lakishmaintained: When they have been

    furbished in water. Said he to him: A robber understands histrade. Said he to him, And wherewith have you

    benefited me: there [as a robber] I was calledMaster, and here I am called Master. By bringing you under the wings

    of the Shechinah, heretorted. R. Johanan therefore felt himself deeply hurt, [as a result of which] Resh Lakish fell

    illand died.

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    1( ,

    ) (

    R. Jonathan b. Jose b. Lekunia enquired of R. Simeon b. Jose b. Lekunia: Where is the prohibition in the Torah against

    intercourse with a menstruous woman? He took a clod, and threw it at him.Prohibition against intercourse with a

    menstruant! And into a woman who is impure by heruncleanness thou shalt not approach! Well then, [I meant to

    ask] where do we find

    2( ,

    '

    They shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. What is meant by with their enemies in

    the gate? Said R. Hiyya b. Abba, Even father and son, master and disciple, who study Torah at the same gate

    become enemies of each other; yet they donot stir from there until they come to love each other

    3( :

    :Any dispute which is for the sake of Heaven will last, and that which is not for the sake of Heaven will not last.What

    is [an example of] a dispute for the sake of Heaven? The dispute between Hillel and Shammai.What is [an example

    of] one that is not for the sake of Heaven? This is the disputeof Korach and his group.

    Numbers Chapter 16

    ,- - -; ,--- .

    1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, withDathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons ofReuben, took men;

    , - , , -

    .

    2 and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, twohundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect menof the assembly, men of renown;

    - -, --- - ,

    ; ,- .

    3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron,and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregationare holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore thenlift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?'

    , -. 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

    - --,, - - -,

    ; -, .

    5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morningthe LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him tocome near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to comenear unto Him.

    ,:- , -.

    6 This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;

    ,, - , ;

    -, .

    7 and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before the LORD to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shallbe holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.'

    ,-: -, . 8 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi:

    ,- 9 is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you

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    , ,--,- , ,

    .

    from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do theservice of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregationto minister unto them;

    ,,-- -,; ,-.

    10 and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Leviwith thee? and will ye seek the priesthood also?

    , ---,-; -, )(.

    11 Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against theLORD--; and as to Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?'

    ,

    ;, .

    12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they

    said: 'We will not come up;, ,

    ,:- ,- .

    13 is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing withmilk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs makethyself also a prince over us?

    4( ,

    " " : ' " ".

    .

    These are the laws which were said at the loft of Hanina son of Hezqia son of garon when they went to visit him.They counted the people and Beit Shammai outnumbered Beit Hillel and 18 laws were made that day, and that day

    was as bad for Israel as the day the [golden] calf was made Rabbi Yehoshua Onaya taught: Students of Beit

    Shammai stood below and were killing the students of Beit Hillel. It was taught: Six of them went up and the rest

    stood upon them with swords and spears.

    5( ,

    " " "

    " "

    " "

    R. Abba stated in the name of Samuel: For three years there was a dispute between Beth Shammaiand Beth Hillel,

    the former asserting, The halachah is in agreement with our views and the lattercontending, The halachah is in

    agreement with our views. Then a bath kol issued announcing,[The utterances of] both are the words of the living

    God, but the halachah is in agreement with therulings of Beth Hillel. Since, however, both are the words of the living

    God what was it thatentitled Beth Hillel to have the halachah fixed in agreement with their rulings? Because they

    werekindly and modest, they studied their own rulings and those of Beth Shammai, and were even so[humble] as to

    mention the actions of Beth Shammai before theirs.

    6( ,

    " " " " " "

    " " "

    Come and hear: though these forbade what the others permitted . . . Bethshammai, nevertheless, did not refrain

    from marrying women from thefamilies of beth hillel, nor did beth hillel [refrain from marry ingwomen] from the

    families of beth shammai. Now, if it be said that they did not act[in accordance with their own view] one can well

    understand why they did not refrain[from intermarrying with one another]. If, however, it be said that they did act

    [in accordancewith their own view], why did they not refrain? That beth shammai did not refrain from

    marryingwomen from the families of beth hillel may well be justified because such are the children ofpersons guilty

    only of the infringement of a negative precept;but why did not beth hillel refrainfrom [marrying women from the

    families of] beth shammai? Such,surely, being children ofpersons who are guilty of an offence involving kareth, are

    bastards!...[similarlyin respect of] all [the questions of ritual] cleanness and uncleanness,which these declared clean

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    where the others declared unclean,neither of them abstained from using the utensils of the others for

    thepreparation of food that was ritually clean.

    7( ,

    "

    "

    "

    Our Rabbis taught: Thou shalt have,teaches that market officers are appointed to [superintend]measures, but no

    such officers are appointed for [superintending] prices. Those of the Nasi'sHouse appointed market officers to

    [superintend] both measures and prices. [Thereupon] saidSamuel to Karna: Go forth and teach them [the law that]

    market officers are appointed to[superintend] measures, but no such officers are appointedto [superintend] prices.

    [But Karna] wentforth [and] gave them the [following] exposition: Market officers are appointed to [superintend]

    bothmeasures and prices. He said unto him: Is your name Karna? Let a horngrow out of your eye.

    Ahorn,[consequently] grew out of his eye.

    8( ,

    He took a spear in his hand, from here we learn one may not enter the house of learning with weapons

    9( ,

    ' "

    "

    '

    One day R. Johanan was bathing in the Jordan, when Resh Lakish saw him and leapt into theJordan after him. Said he

    [R. Johanan] to him, Your strength should be for the Torah.- Yourbeauty, he replied, should be for women. If

    you will repent, said he, I will give you my sister [inmarriage], who is more beautiful than I. He undertook [to

    repent]; then he wished to return andcollect his weapons, but could not. Subsequently, [R. Johanan] taught him

    Bible and Mishnah, andmade him into a great man. Now, one day there was a dispute in the schoolhouse [with

    respect to thefollowing. Viz.,] a sword, knife, dagger, spear, hand-saw and a scythe at what stage [of

    theirmanufacture] can they become unclean? When their manufacture is finished. And when is theirmanufacture

    finished? R. Johanan ruled: When they are tempered in a furnace. Resh Lakishmaintained: When they have been

    furbished in water. Said he to him: A robber understands histrade. Said he to him, And wherewith have you

    benefited me: there [as a robber] I was calledMaster, and here I am called Master. By bringing you under the wings

    of the Shechinah, heretorted. R. Johanan therefore felt himself deeply hurt, [as a result of which]Resh Lakish fell

    illand died.

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    1( ,

    ) (

    R. Jonathan b. Jose b. Lekunia enquired of R. Simeon b. Jose b. Lekunia: Where is the prohibition in the Torah against

    intercourse with a menstruous woman? He took a clod, and threw it at him.Prohibition against intercourse with a

    menstruant! And into a woman who is impure by heruncleanness thou shalt not approach! Well then, [I meant to

    ask] where do we find

    2( ,

    '

    They shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. What is meant by with their enemies in

    the gate? Said R. Hiyya b. Abba, Even father and son, master and disciple, who study Torah at the same gate

    become enemies of each other; yet they donot stir from there until they come to love each other

    3( :

    :Any dispute which is for the sake of Heaven will last, and that which is not for the sake of Heaven will not last.What

    is [an example of] a dispute for the sake of Heaven? The dispute between Hillel and Shammai.What is [an example

    of] one that is not for the sake of Heaven? This is the disputeof Korach and his group.

    Numbers Chapter 16

    ,- - -; , --- .

    1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, withDathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons ofReuben, took men;

    , - , , -

    .

    2 and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, twohundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect menof the assembly, men of renown;

    - -, --- - ,

    ; ,- .

    3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron,and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregationare holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore thenlift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?'

    , -. 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

    - --,, - - -,

    ; -, .

    5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morningthe LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him tocome near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to comenear unto Him.

    ,:- , -.

    6 This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;

    ,, - , ;

    -, .

    7 and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before the LORD to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shallbe holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.'

    ,-: -, . 8 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi:

    ,- 9 is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you

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    , ,--,- , ,

    .

    from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do theservice of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregationto minister unto them;

    ,,-- -,; ,-.

    10 and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Leviwith thee? and will ye seek the priesthood also?

    , ---,-; -, )(.

    11 Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against theLORD--; and as to Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?'

    ,

    ;, .

    12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they

    said: 'We will not come up;, ,

    ,:- ,- .

    13 is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing withmilk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs makethyself also a prince over us?

    4( ,

    " " : ' " ".

    .

    These are the laws which were said at the loft of Hanina son of Hezqia son of garon when they went to visit him.They counted the people and Beit Shammai outnumbered Beit Hillel and 18 laws were made that day, and that day

    was as bad for Israel as the day the [golden] calf was made Rabbi Yehoshua Onaya taught: Students of Beit

    Shammai stood below and were killing the students of Beit Hillel. It was taught: Six of them went up and the rest

    stood upon them with swords and spears.

    5( ,

    " " "

    " "

    " "

    R. Abba stated in the name of Samuel: For three years there was a dispute between Beth Shammaiand Beth Hillel,

    the former asserting, The halachah is in agreement with our views and the lattercontending, The halachah is in

    agreement with our views. Then a bath kol issued announcing,[The utterances of] both are the words of the living

    God, but the halachah is in agreement with therulings of Beth Hillel. Since, however, both are the words of the living

    God what was it thatentitled Beth Hillel to have the halachah fixed in agreement with their rulings? Because they

    werekindly and modest, they studied their own rulings and those of Beth Shammai, and were even so[humble] as to

    mention the actions of Beth Shammai before theirs.

    6( ,

    " " " " " "

    " " "

    Come and hear: though these forbade what the others permitted . . . Bethshammai, nevertheless, did not refrain

    from marrying women from thefamilies of beth hillel, nor did beth hillel [refrain from marry ingwomen] from the

    families of beth shammai. Now, if it be said that they did not act[in accordance with their own view] one can well

    understand why they did not refrain[from intermarrying with one another]. If, however, it be said that they did act

    [in accordancewith their own view], why did they not refrain? That beth shammai did not refrain from

    marryingwomen from the families of beth hillel may well be justified because such are the children ofpersons guilty

    only of the infringement of a negative precept;but why did not beth hillel refrainfrom [marrying women from the

    families of] beth shammai? Such,surely, being children ofpersons who are guilty of an offence involving kareth, are

    bastards!...[similarlyin respect of] all [the questions of ritual] cleanness and uncleanness,which these declared clean

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    where the others declared unclean,neither of them abstained from using the utensils of the others for

    thepreparation of food that was ritually clean.

    7( ,

    "

    "

    "

    Our Rabbis taught: Thou shalt have,teaches that market officers are appointed to [superintend]measures, but no

    such officers are appointed for [superintending] prices. Those of the Nasi'sHouse appointed market officers to

    [superintend] both measures and prices. [Thereupon] saidSamuel to Karna: Go forth and teach them [the law that]

    market officers are appointed to[superintend] measures, but no such officers are appointed to [superintend] prices.

    [But Karna] wentforth [and] gave them the [following] exposition: Market officers are appointed to [superintend]

    bothmeasures and prices. He said unto him: Is your name Karna? Let a horngrow out of your eye.

    Ahorn,[consequently] grew out of his eye.

    8( ,

    He took a spear in his hand, from here we learn one may not enter the house of learning with weapons

    9( ,

    ' "

    "

    '

    One day R. Johanan was bathing in the Jordan, when Resh Lakish saw him and leapt into theJordan after him. Said he

    [R. Johanan] to him, Your strength should be for the Torah.- Yourbeauty, he replied, should be for women. If

    you will repent, said he, I will give you my sister [inmarriage], who is more beautiful than I. He undertook [to

    repent]; then he wished to return andcollect his weapons, but could not. Subsequently, [R. Johanan] taught him

    Bible and Mishnah, andmade him into a great man. Now, one day there was a dispute in the schoolhouse [with

    respect to thefollowing. Viz.,] a sword, knife, dagger, spear, hand-saw and a scythe at what stage [of

    theirmanufacture] can they become unclean? When their manufacture is finished. And when is theirmanufacture

    finished? R. Johanan ruled: When they are tempered in a furnace. Resh Lakishmaintained: When they have been

    furbished in water. Said he to him: A robber understands histrade. Said he to him, And wherewith have you

    benefited me: there [as a robber] I was calledMaster, and here I am called Master. By bringing you under the wings

    of the Shechinah, heretorted. R. Johanan therefore felt himself deeply hurt, [as a result of which] Resh Lakish fell

    illand died.

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