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and I forced them to feed him, for which he is grateful. The Talmud interprets this incident in light of the issue at hand: Granted, if you say that this was not according to the halakha, i.e., the man’s sons had the right to refrain from sustaining him, due to that reason R' Yonatan had to force
§ Apropos the ordinances instituted by the rabbis in Usha, the Talmud cites another one. R' Ile’a said: In Usha the rabbis instituted that one who dispenses his money to charity should not dispense more than 1/5th. That opinion is also taught in a baraita: One who scatters should not scatter more th
Rav Naḥman said, and some say it was Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov who said: What is the verse that alludes to this maximum amount of charity? “And of all that You shall give me, I will surely give a tenth of it [aser a’asrenu] to You” (Genesis 28:22). The double use of the verb that means to donate 1/10th in
The Talmud asks: But the latter tenth is not similar to the first tenth, as it would be 1/10th of what remained after the first tenth had been removed. Consequently, the two-tenths would not equal 1/5th of the original total. The Talmud answers that Rav Ashi said: Since the verse could have said:
With regard to the above statements concerning the rabbis’ ordinances in Usha, Rav Shimi bar Ashi said: And these halakhot continually decrease. The first statement was stated by R' Ile’a, quoting a statement by Reish Lakish in the name of R' Yosei bar Ḥanina. The second halakha was delivered by R'