Mishnah/Seder Zeraim/Tractate Berakhot/Chapter 2/7
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[edit] Introduction
This mishnah continues from Mishnah Berakhot 2:6 and Mishnah Berakhot 2:7 and provides a third story about Rabban Gamliel. Once again, he makes an exception from the general rule that he taught his students.
[edit] Hebrew Text
- רָחַץ לַיְלָה הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁמֵּתָה אִשְׁתּוֹ.
- אָמְרוּ לוֹ תַּלְמִידָיו:
- לֹא לִמַּדְתָּנוּ, רַבֵּנוּ, שֶׁאָבֵל אָסוּר לִרְחֹץ?
- אָמַר לָהֶם:
- אֵינִי כִּשְׁאָר כָּל אָדָם,
- אִסְטְנִיס אֲנִי.
[edit] English Translation
- And when [Rabban Gamliel's] slave Tavi died,
- He received words of comfort for him.
- His students said to him:
- Didn't you teach us, our teacher, that one does not receive words of comfort for slaves?
- He said to them:
- My servant Tavi was not like other servants.
- He was kasher.
[edit] Explanation
Slave: It would appear from the questions asked of Rabban Gamliel that Tavi was a Canaanite slave.
Kasher: Literally, 'fit'. It is not uncommon for individuals to mourn the deaths of men of great Torah scholarship. Evidently, Tavi was one such man, in spite of his being a servant.
