GEN1187 Rava said to Rabbah b. Mari: “Whence is derived the folk-saying: ‘If there is something that might lower you in men’s eyes, mention it [before others do]’”? He answered: “From the verse: ‘I am Abraham’s servant” Baba Kamma 92b TEMIMAH-GEN 112

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GEN1191 behind the man, and not in front of him.   This teaches us that a man should not walk behind a woman. Berachot 61a TEMIMAH-GEN 113

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GEN1192 It was taught in the forum of R. Yishmael: “One should always speak ‘cleanly,’ for in relation to a zav [a man afflicted with a genital flow] the Torah referred to his seat as merkav [connoting straddling with the legs], whereas in relation to a zavah [a woman so afflicted], her seat is referred to as moshav [connoting a side-saddle position.] But is it not written: ‘And Rivkah and her maidens arose and rode [vatirkavnah (straddling)] on the camels’! – Because of their fear of [being thrown from] the camels’! – Because of their fear of [being thrown from] the camels, this position was considered natural [and not immodest]” Pesachim 3a TEMIMAH-GEN 113

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GEN1206 R. Yitzchak said: “Why are the prayers of the righteous compared to a pitch-fork [eter]?  For just as a pitch-fork turns the stalks from place to place, so the prayers of the righteous turn the disposition of the Lord from severity to mercy.   Yevamot 64a TEMIMAH-GEN 116

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GEN1208 R. Elazar said: “Even fetuses in their mothers’ womb curse the flatterer, as it is written Proverbs 24:24: ‘He who says to the evil-doer: “You are righteous,” will be cursed by the nations, will be abhorred by the leumim’ and ‘leum’ means a fetus, as it is written: ‘Uleom mileom ye’ematz’ “ [“leom” in this context being understood as a fetus]” Sotah 41b TEMIMAH-GEN 117

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GEN1209 R. Shimon Chasida said: “A teacher who withholds a halachah from his student is cursed even by fetuses in their mothers’ womb, as it is written Proverbs 11:26: ‘He who withholds bar shall be cursed by leom.’ ‘Leom’ signifies a fetus, as it is written: ‘Uleom mileom ye’ematz,’ and ‘bar’ connotes Torah, as it is written Psalms 2:12: ‘Desire bar’ [in context, ‘Torah’]” Sanhedrin 92a TEMIMAH-GEN 117

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GEN1229 This teaches us that reproof leads to peace. Sifrei, Deuteronomy. TEMIMAH-GEN 120

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GEN1238 R. Elazar said: “Those who are deceptive in their speech are akin to idol-worshippers. It is written here: ‘And I will be a deceiver in his eyes, and elsewhere [in respect to idols] Jeremiah 10:15: ‘They are vanity, the work of deception […the portion of Jacob is not as these’]” Sanhedrin 92a TEMIMAH-GEN 122

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GEN1276 Rebbeinu Meir ruled that a vow, an oath, and a handshake are binding even if they are conditional; for most of them are, indeed, of this conditional nature, vis.: “If God will be with me,” and, similarly Numbers 21:2: “If you give this people into my hands” Mordecai, Baba Kamma IV TEMIMAH-GEN 129

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GEN1281 [lit., “I will tenth; I will tenth”] – It was taught: “One who gives more than the required amount of charity should not exceed that amount by more than a fifth, for he might come to be beholden to his fellows.   Whence is this derived? From the verse: ‘And all that You give me, I will tenth; I will tenth it [(two-tenths, or, one-fifth)] to You’” Ketubot 50a TEMIMAH-GEN 129

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