Talmud for Proverbs 2:20

HALAKHAH: “One who transports an amphora from place to place,” etc. It was stated⁸⁶Since R. Yose ben Ḥanina was a second generation Amora, this expression is inappropriate.: ⁸⁷In the Babli, 83a, the story is told about Rabba bar bar Ḥana and Rav. Its upshoot is that while the teamster who breaks something in transport is liable, if he is poor one should not insist on the letter of the law. Rebbi Nehemiah the potter gave his pots to a person who broke them. He⁸⁸R. Nehemiah the potter. The reading is confirmed by Kaftor wa-Peraḥ 44 (ed. Luncz, Jerusalem 1899, p. 615) against the opinion of S. Lieberman who here suspects a lacuna. confiscated his⁸⁹The transporter. coat. He⁸⁹The transporter. went to Rebbi Yose ben Ḥanina, who told him, go and tell him: ⁹⁰Prov. 2:20.“That you should go in the ways of good prople.” He⁸⁹The transporter. went and told him⁸⁸R. Nehemiah the potter. The reading is confirmed by Kaftor wa-Peraḥ 44 (ed. Luncz, Jerusalem 1899, p. 615) against the opinion of S. Lieberman who here suspects a lacuna. who then returned his coat. He⁹¹R. Yose ben Ḥanina. asked him, did he⁸⁸R. Nehemiah the potter. The reading is confirmed by Kaftor wa-Peraḥ 44 (ed. Luncz, Jerusalem 1899, p. 615) against the opinion of S. Lieberman who here suspects a lacuna. pay your wages? He⁸⁹The transporter. said, no. He⁹¹R. Yose ben Ḥanina. told him, go and tell him: “And to the paths of the just you shall keep.” He⁸⁹The transporter. went and told him⁸⁸R. Nehemiah the potter. The reading is confirmed by Kaftor wa-Peraḥ 44 (ed. Luncz, Jerusalem 1899, p. 615) against the opinion of S. Lieberman who here suspects a lacuna. who then paid his wages.