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To what is a Torah scholar compared when he is standing before an am ha'aretz? At first, when he does not know him, the am ha'aretz considers him to be like a goblet [lekiton] of gold. Once he has conversed with him concerning mundane matters, he considers him to be like a goblet of silver, i.e.,
The Talmud relates: Imrata bat Talei was a priest’s daughter who committed adultery. Rav Ḥama bar Toviyya surrounded her with bundles of branches and burned her.
Rav Yosef says: Rav Ḥama bar Toviyya erred with regard to two halakhot. He erred with regard to the ruling of Rav Mattana, i.e., that burning is performed using a wick of lead, and he erred with regard to that which is taught in a baraita: It is derived from the verse: “And you shall come to the p
§ The Mishnah teaches that R' Elazar, son of R' Tzadok, said: An incident occurred with regard to a priest’s daughter who committed adultery, and she was executed by actual burning, and the rabbis said to him that the court at that time was not proficient in halakha. Rav Yosef says: It was a court
The Talmud asks: Did R' Elazar ben Tzadok say that to the rabbis, and did the rabbis answer him in that manner? But isn’t a different version of the exchange taught in a baraita: R' Elazar, son of R' Tzadok, says: I remember when I was a child, and was riding on my father’s shoulders. And they broug