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Mishnah: In the case of one who deposited coins with another, and that bailee bound it in a cloth and slung it behind him, or conveyed them to his minor son or daughter for safeguarding, or locked the door before them in an inappropriate, i.e., insufficient, manner to secure them, the bailee is
Talmud: Granted, for all the other cases, the bailee is liable to pay, as he did not safeguard the money in the manner that bailees safeguard items. But if the bailee bound it in a cloth and slung it behind him, what more was he to do? Rava says that R' Yitzḥak said: The verse states: “And you sha
And apropos that verse, R' Yitzḥak says: A person’s money should always be found in his possession. He should not invest all of his money, leaving him with no money available for expenditures, as it is stated: “And you shall bind up the money in your hand.” And R' Yitzḥak says: A person should alwa
And R' Yitzḥak says: Blessing is found only in a matter concealed from the eye, as it is stated: “YHWH will command blessing with you in your storehouses” (Deuteronomy 28:8), where the grain is concealed. The school of R' Yishmael taught: Blessing is found only in a matter over which the eye has no
A baraita states: One who goes to measure the grain on his threshing floor recites: May it be Your will, O Lord, our God, that You send blessing upon the product of our hands. If one began to measure the grain he says: Blessed is He Who sends blessing upon this pile of grain. If one measured and af