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whom shall we send the gift? They decided: We will send it with Naḥum of Gam Zo, as he is experienced in miracles.
When he reached a certain lodging, he sought to sleep there. The residents of that lodging said to him: What do you have with you? Naḥum said to them: I am taking the head tax to the emperor. They rose in the night, opened his chest and took everything that was in it, and then filled the chest with
There was a province that the Romans were unable to conquer. They threw some of this earth upon that province and they conquered it. In appreciation for the gift that Naḥum of Gam Zo had brought on behalf of the Jewish people, they brought him into the treasury and said: Take that which is preferab
§ The Mishnah teaches that the members of the Generation of the Dispersion have no share in the World-to-Come. The Talmud asks: What sin did they perform? Their sin is not explicitly delineated in the Torah. The school of R' Sheila say that the builders of the Tower of Babel said: We will build a
Rather, R' Yirmeya bar Elazar says: They divided into 3 factions; one said: Let us ascend to the top of the tower and dwell there. And one said: Let us ascend to the top of the tower and engage in idol worship. And one said: Let us ascend to the top of the tower and wage war. With regard to that fa