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and unacceptable.
A baraita states: A person should always be willing to sell all he has in order to marry the daughter of a Torah scholar. If he cannot find the daughter of a Torah scholar, he should marry the daughter of one of the great people of the generation, who are pious although they are not Torah scholars
The Talmud continues its discussion with regard to an am ha'aretz. It was taught in a baraita that R' Yehuda HaNasi says: It is prohibited for an am ha'aretz to eat meat, as it is stated: “This is the law [torah] of the beast and of the fowl” (Leviticus 11:46). He expounds: Anyone who engages in Tor
The Talmud proceeds to mention some sharply negative statements of the rabbis in which they overstated their negative sentiments with regard to commoners [amei ha'aretz], although these commoners [amei ha'aretz] were wicked in addition to being boors (ge’onim). R' Elazar said: It is permitted to sta
R' Elazar said: It is prohibited to accompany an am ha'aretz while traveling on the road due to concern that the am ha'aretz might try to harm his traveling partner, as it is stated with regard to Torah: “For it is your life and the length of your days” (Deuteronomy 30:20). An am ha'aretz has not st