וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הָאֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ מַלְאָ֥ךְ ׀ לִֽירוּשָׁלִַם֮ לְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ֒ וּכְהַשְׁחִ֗ית רָאָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם עַל־הָֽרָעָ֔ה וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לַמַּלְאָ֤ךְ הַמַּשְׁחִית֙ רַ֔ב עַתָּ֖ה הֶ֣רֶף יָדֶ֑ךָ וּמַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ עֹמֵ֔ד עִם־גֹּ֖רֶן אָרְנָ֥ן הַיְבוּסִֽי׃ (ס)
Und Gott sandte einen Engel nach Jerusalem, um es zu zerstören. und als er zerstören wollte, sah der Herr, und er bereute ihn des Bösen und sprach zu dem zerstörenden Engel:'Es reicht; Jetzt bleib deine Hand.' Und der Engel des HERRN stand am Dreschplatz von Ornan, dem Jebusiter.
Jerusalem Talmud Peah
A116This and the following stories illustrate the principle that if one knows the recipient of charity one has to support him so that his prior dignity is not impaired. family from Nevallat117In Tosephta Peah 4:11, the reading is בית נבלטה, in Sifri Deut. 110,303 בית נבטלה. The best explanation is given by I. Löw; the reference is to a town in Benjamin, Neh. 11:34. in Jerusalem traced its descent from Oman the Yebusite118The last king of the Yebusites who sold the Temple site to David (2Sam. 24:20–24, 1Chr. 21:15).. Once the Sages alotted them six hundred talents of gold119The enormous sum of 1’800’000 gold sheqel. In the Tosephta it is 300 gold sheqel (Erfurt manuscript: 600), in the Rome manuscript 600 talents silver gold, a confluence of two versions. The number given in the Yerushalmi also appears in Sifri Deut. 110, but in #303 it is 600 talents of silver. The amount given here probably is an adaptation of the original amount to the hyperinflation of the military anarchy; it would correspond approximately to 1’800 honest gold sheqel. to avoid causing them to leave Jerusalem, since they interpreted “in your gates, in your gates120The repetition of “in your gates” in Deut. 26:12, 16:11,14, 14:21,27,29 is taken to include Jerusalem. The verse Deut. 26:12, referring to tithes one has to give to the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, so that “they should eat in your gates and be satisfied,” is explained in Sifri Deut. 303: “‘In your gates’ teaches that one may not export tithes from the Land of Israel. They said that a family from Nevallat was in Jerusalem and the Sages alotted them six hundred talents of silver and did not want to permit them to leave Jerusalem.” (Similar in Sifri Deut. 110). In Sifri Deut. 71, the repetition “in your gates, in your gates” is explained as reference to dedicated animals that may be slaughtered outside of Jerusalem; hence, a special inclusion of Jerusalem is needed.,” to include Jerusalem.
Berakhot
"And as he was about to destroy, the Lord beheld, and He repented Him" (I Chron. xxi. 15). What did He behold?