Taanis 9a § 1
Donate and Get Rich
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Tithe, you shall tithe.
Question: What is the point of the double expression?
Answer: It teaches tithe so that you will become wealthy.
Yochanan met up with the young son of Resh Lakish.
Question: What is the point of the double expression?
Answer: It teaches tithe so that you will become wealthy.
Yochanan met up with the young son of Resh Lakish.
| Yochanan | Tell me your verse
(the one you are learning right now). |
| Boy | Tithe, you shall tithe.
But what is signified by the double expression: Tithe, you shall tithe. |
| Yochanan | Tithe so that you will become wealthy |
| Boy | From where do you know this. |
| Yochanan | Go and Test it.
Take tithes and see whether you become wealthy or not. |