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The Rabbis said to R' Elazar: There was an incident involving the mother of the sons of Rokhel, who was sick, and who said: My brooch shall be given to my daughter, and it is valued at 1,200 dinars. And this woman subsequently died, and the rabbis upheld her statement. This indicates that a person
Talmud: It is taught in a baraita: R' Eliezer said to the Rabbis: There was an incident involving a certain man of Meron who was in Jerusalem, and he had a lot of movable property. And he desired to give the movable property as gifts to various individuals, but they could not be acquired by pullin
He went and acquired one plot of rocky land adjacent to Jerusalem, and he said: I give the north part of this area to so-and-so, and with it 100 sheep and 100 jugs. And I give the south part of the area to so-and-so, and with it 100 sheep and 100 jugs. And he died, and the rabbis upheld his stateme
§ The Mishnah teaches: R' Elazar said to them: That case was different; the sons of Rokhel should be buried by their mother. The Talmud asks: What is the reason that he was cursing them? Rav Yehuda says that Shmuel says: They were maintaining thorns in a vineyard and did not uproot them, and R' El
The Talmud asks: Granted, if it were saffron that grew in the vineyard, it is useful for seasoning and other uses, and therefore it proscribes the vineyard. But with regard to thorns, for what are they useful? R' Ḥanina said: What is the reasoning of R' Eliezer? It is because in Arabia they mainta