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was walking one day, when he met Ben Zoma, who was about to pass him without greeting. Thereupon Joshua asked: "Whence and whither, Ben Zoma?" The latter replied: "I was lost in thoughts concerning the account of the
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A grateful guest says, "That host be remembered for good! How many wines he brought up before me; how many portions he placed before me; how many cakes he offered me! All that he did, he did for my sake." But the ill-willed guest says, "What did I eat of his? A piece of bread, a bite of meat. What
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Ben Zoma once saw a multitude of Israel while standing on a stair on the Temple Mount. He immediately recited: Blessed… Who knows all secrets and
Blessed… Who created all these to serve me. Explaining his custom, he would say: How much effort did Adam the first man exert before he found bread to
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The Pardes legend allowed the rabbinate to examine
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Only a few of Ben Zoma's exegetic teachings have been preserved. The most widely known of these is his interpretation of the phrase, "that you may remember the day when you came forth out of Egypt" to prove that the recitation of the biblical passage referring to the
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did I drink? A cup of wine. Whatever he did, he did for the sake of his wife and his children." Thus the
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passages by which Ben Zoma created a commotion all over the world". An interpretation of the second verse of the same chapter has been handed down in a
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Sweeney, Marvin A. “Pardes
Revisited Once Again: A Reassessment of the Rabbinic Legend Concerning the Four Who Entered Fardes.”
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270:night.
212:secrets
137:בן זומא
56:Amoraim
51:Tannaim
641:and
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319:Quotes
279:Exodus
248:Exodus
201:Hagiga
133:Hebrew
68:Geonim
41:Chazal
832:Admon
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620:30:19
597:36:24
527:Arukh
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273:In a
169:Sotah
141:tanna
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381:Naz.
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437:57b
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180:God
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