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this person is a full-fledged righteous person as far as that mitzva is concerned? These ulterior motives, e.g., seeking a reward, do not detract from the value of the mitzva. The Talmud answers: There is still concern lest he look for the needle after he searched for leaven and completed the search
Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: The danger referred to by the Tosefta is the danger posed by non-Jews. And this ruling is in accordance with the opinion of the tanna Pelimu. As it was taught in a baraita: With regard to a hole in a wall located between the residences of a Jew and a non-Jew, one searc
The Talmud asks: Due to what danger? If we say it is due to the danger of sorcery, i.e., the non-Jew will suspect the Jew of casting spells on him and will come to hate him and threaten him, if so, when he made use of the hole in the first place, how did he make use of it without arousing the enmit
The Talmud raises a difficulty: But didn’t R' Elazar say that those on the path to perform a mitzva are not susceptible to harm throughout the process of performing the mitzva? The Talmud responds: In a place where danger is commonplace it is different, as one should not rely on a miracle, as it is
They raised a dilemma before Rav: With regard to those members of the school of Rav who live in the fields [baga] far away from the city, what is the halakha as to whether they may come early before dawn and in the evening after dark to Rav’s school, or should they be concerned about robbers? He s