Mga Kaugnay na Sipi sa Job 36:23

“Honoring father and mother.⁹⁸Quote from the Mishnah to start a new section.” Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: They asked Rebbi Eliezer, how far does honoring father and mother go? He said to them, you are asking me? Go and ask Dama ben Netinah. Dama ben Netinah was the head of the city council⁹⁹A mixed expression, ראש πατὴρ βουλής, “head, father of the Senate.” Cf. the Hebrew אב בית דין “father of the court,” used for the president of Jewish courts of law, and the Latin pater senatus. [The two stories here also appear in Yerushalmi Qiddushin 1:7 in slightly improved spelling (here the title is an unintelligible פטרכולי) and, in a shortened and less natural version, in Babli Qiddushin 31a/b.]. Once his mother was slapping him in front of the entire council and a slipper¹⁰⁰The Arukh explains the word as Italian pappucce “houseshoes”. Rashi explains in Yebamot 102b: “Thin sandals one binds under thick shoes to protect them from water; they are called underschuoch in (Middle High) German.” Also cf. Latin chorda, Greek χορδή “string, rope” (E. G.), see below, Note 105. [In a papyrus from Oxyrhynchus from Mishnaic times, κορδίκιον is mentioned as “an article of furniture”.] fell from her hand, and he handed it back to her so that she should feel no inconvenience. Rebbi Ḥizqiah said: He was a Gentile from Ascalon and the head of the city council. He never sat on the stone on which his father used to sit and when his father died, he worshipped the stone. Once the jaspis of Benjamin was lost¹⁰¹From the breast-plate of the High priest.. They¹⁰²The Temple authorities. inquired, who would have one of similar quality? They were informed that Dama ben Netinah did. They went to him and and agreed on 100 denars¹⁰³In early Roman imperial money, when the coins were still honest, this amounted to 22 oz. of gold, an enormous sum since the buying power of gold was much larger than it is today. The amount mentioned in the Babli by authors living during the early military anarchy is 60’000 or 80’000 denar. According to the monetary reform of Diocletian, one Roman pound (12 ounces), 500 fine, would be 48’000 denar. At the end of the inflationary period, 100 early denar would therefore be the equivalent of 880’000 denar. Hence, the sums mentioned in the Babli are rather on the low side.. He went to the upper floor to bring it and found his father sleeping. Some say that the key to the chest was in his father’s fingers; some say his father’s foot was resting on the chest. He descended to them and told them: I could not bring it to you. They thought, maybe he wants more money, and raised the price to two hundred, then to a thousand. When his father woke up from his sleep, he went up and brought it to them. They wanted to give him according to the amount mentioned last, but he refused. He said: Do I sell my father’s honor for money? I will not have any advantage from honoring my father. What reward did the Holy One, praise to Him, give him? Rebbi Yose bar Abun said: The following night, his cow gave birth to a red heifer and Israel gave him its weight in gold and took it. Rebbi Sabbatai said (Job 37:23): “Justice and much charity He will not suppress.” The Holy One, praise to Him, will not wait to give the reward for good deeds to the Gentiles¹⁰⁴Since they do not believe in the Future World and, therefore, do not have part in it and must be rewarded in this word..

[They asked Rebbi Eliezer,] how far does honoring father and mother go? He said to them, you are asking me? Go and ask Dama ben Netinah. Dama ben Netinah was the head of the city council. Once his mother was slapping him in front of the entire council and a slipper fell from her hand, and he handed it back to her so that she should feel no inconvenience. Rebbi Ḥizqiah said: He was a Gentile from Ascalon and the head of the city council. He never sat on the stone on which his father used to sit and when his father died, he worshipped the stone. Once the jaspis of Benjamin was lost. They inquired, who would have one of similar quality? They were informed that Dama ben Netinah did. They went to him and agreed on 100 denars. He went to the upper floor to bring it and found his father sleeping. Some say that the key to the chest was in his father’s fingers; some say his father’s foot was resting on the chest. He descended to them and told them: I could not bring it to you. They thought, maybe he wants more money, and raised the price to two hundred, then to a thousand. When his father woke up from his sleep, he went up and brought it to them. They wanted to give him according to the amount last mentioned, but he refused. He said: Do I sell my father’s honor for money? I will not have any advantage from honoring my father. What reward did the Holy One, praise to Him, give him? Rebbi Yose bar Abun said: The following night, his cow gave birth to a red heifer and Israel gave him its weight in gold and took it. Rebbi Sabbatai said (Job 37:23), it is written: “Justice and much charity He will not suppress.” The Holy One, praise to Him, will not wait to give the reward for good deeds to the Gentiles.