Exodus 13:18 Talmud References: Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat

HALAKHAH: It is written¹⁴⁵Ex. 13:18.: Armed did the Children of Israel leave the Land of Egypt. This teaches that they were armed with (fifteen) [five]¹⁴⁶With G one has to read “five”, not 15 as in the Leiden text. This is a pun on the expression חֲמֻשִּׁים “armed” (or حمس “energetic”) read as خمس “five”. Cf. Mekhilta dR. Simeon ben Yoḥai, ed. Epstein-Melamed, p. 45. kinds of arms. And what is an אַלָּה? Since Rebbi Jacob bar Sosai, Rebbi Yose, stated¹⁴⁷Tosephta Terumot 3:11, Maˋserot 1:6 Notes 132–135.: “When does he start to give heave from his threshing floor? When he removes the אַלָּה.” This means two-pronged fork¹⁴⁸Greek δίκρανον, τό “pitchfork”.. What is Rebbi Eleazar’s reason? Gird your sword on your hip, o hero, your splendor and your glory¹⁴⁹Ps. 45:4.. What is the rabbis’ reason? They will forge their swords into ploughs¹⁹Is.. 2:4., into ploughs¹⁵⁰The names of the tools are translated into current usage., and their lances into vintner’s knives, into pruning knives¹⁵⁰The names of the tools are translated into current usage..