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§ After this digression, the Talmud returns to the story of R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon. And although his flesh did not putrefy, even so R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon, still did not rely on his own opinion, as he was worried that he may have erred in one of his decisions. He accepted afflictions upon
The following day, i.e., every morning, his wife would prepare for him 60 types of relish [lifda] made from figs, and he would eat them and become healthy. His wife, concerned for his health, would not allow him to go to the study hall, so that the Rabbis would not push him beyond his limits.
In the evening, he would say to his pains: My brothers and my friends, come! In the morning he would say to them: Go away, due to the dereliction of Torah study that you cause me. One day his wife heard him inviting his pains. She said to him: You are bringing the pains upon yourself. You have dimin
Meanwhile, there were these 60 sailors who came and entered to visit R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon. They brought him 60 servants, each bearing 60 purses, and prepared him 60 types of relish and he ate them. When they had encountered trouble at sea, these sailors had prayed to be saved in the merit o
One day, the wife of R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon, said to her daughter: Go and check on your father and see what he is doing now. The daughter came to her father, who said to her: Go and tell your mother that ours is greater than theirs, i.e., my current financial status is greater than that of y