Midrash su Neemia 7:61

(Fol. 70) R. Elazar said: "Ezra did not leave Babylon until he had made [her Jewish] like pure sifted flour; [i.e., established the purity of the families by careful investigation] and then he went to Palestine." It is written (Neh. 7, 61) And these were they that came up from Telmelach, Tel-charsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not tell their fathers' house, nor their descent, whether they were of Israel; i.e., Tel melach means people who resembled because of their acts that of Solom, which was turned into a heap of salt. Tel-charshah, refers to such a case when a child calls one "father" and his mother makes him quiet, But they could not tell their fathers' house, nor their descent, whether they were of Israel. This refers to children that were picked up in the street who knew neither their father nor their mother. Cherub, Addon and Immer. Said A. Abahu: "This means that the Sovereign said, 'I thought Israel will be as beloved as a Cherub, but they made themselves as hated as the leopard.'" According to others, R. Abahu said: "This means that the Sovereign said, 'Although Israel made themselves as hated as a leopard, nevertheless they are worthy in My eyes as a Cherub.'"

Said Raba b. b. Ghana: "Whoever marries a wife who is not fit for him is considered by Scripture as if he plowed the entire world and sowed it with salt; for it is said (Ib., ib., ib) These were they who came up from Tel-melach, Tel-Charsa." Rabba b. R. Adda said in the name of Rab: "Whoever marries a wife because of her wealth will have degenerate children, as it is said ( Hos. 5, 7) Against the Lord have they dealt treacherously; for strange children have they gotten. You will perhaps think that the money for which such a man married will endure. It is therefore said in the same passage, One month shall devour them together with their possessions. And, if thou wilt think that it refers only to his possessions and not to hers, it is therefore said their possessions. And if you will think that this might take a long time, it is therefore said during one month." How is one month to be understood? Said R. Nachman b. Isaac: "This means literally, that during the time when one month will come and one month will go their wealth will be lost." Raba b. R. Adda said further, and according to others R. Salla said it in the name of R. Hanmuna: "Whoever marries a wife that is not suitable for him, Elijah binds him and the Holy One, praised be He, flogs him." We are taught in a Baraitha: On every case above mentioned Elijah writes and the Holy One, praised be He, affixes His signature to the following: "Woe unto him who disqualified his children and who discredited the reputation of his family through marrying a wife who is not fit." And whoever disqualifies others is a disqualified person and he does not speak on the praiseworthy side of the world. Samuel adds: "That in whatever thing he disqualifies others, from the very same thing comes his own disqualification."