דלא סיימוה קמיה.
those who reported the story to him did not conclude it before him; consequently, Rav Ami was not informed that Rava had indeed given the money to the non-Jew poor.
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דלא סיימוה קמיה.
those who reported the story to him did not conclude it before him; consequently, Rav Ami was not informed that Rava had indeed given the money to the non-Jew poor.
תניא: אמרו עליו על בנימין הצדיק, שהיה ממונה על קופה של צדקה; פעם אחת באתה אשה לפניו בשני בצורת, אמרה לו: רבי, פרנסני! אמר לה: העבודה, שאין בקופה של צדקה כלום! אמרה לו: רבי, אם אין אתה מפרנסני, הרי אשה ושבעה בניה מתים! עמד ופרנסה משלו. לימים חלה ונטה למות, אמרו מלאכי השרת לפני הקדוש ברוך הוא: רבונו של עולם, אתה אמרת: כל המקיים נפש אחת מישראל, כאילו קיים עולם מלא; ובנימין הצדיק, שהחיה אשה ושבעה בניה, ימות בשנים מועטות הללו? מיד קרעו לו גזר דינו. תנא: הוסיפו לו עשרים ושתים שנה על שנותיו.
§ It is taught in a baraita: The following was said about Binyamin the righteous, who was appointed supervisor over the charity fund. Once, a woman came before him during years of drought and said to him: My master, sustain me. He said to her: I swear by the Temple service that there is nothing left in the charity fund. She said to him: My master, if you do not sustain me, a woman and her 7 sons will die. He arose and sustained her with his own funds. After some time, he fell deathly ill. The ministering angels said to God: God! You said that anyone who preserves a single life in Israel is regarded as if he has preserved an entire world. Should then Binyamin the righteous, who saved a woman and her 7 sons, die after these few years, still in his youth? They immediately tore up his sentence. A Sage taught: They added 22 years to his life.
תנו רבנן: מעשה במונבז המלך, שבזבז אוצרותיו ואוצרות אבותיו בשני בצורת, וחברו עליו אחיו ובית אביו, ואמרו לו: אבותיך גנזו והוסיפו על של אבותם, ואתה מבזבזם! אמר להם: אבותי גנזו למטה, ואני גנזתי למעלה – שנאמר: ״אמת מארץ תצמח, וצדק משמים נשקף״. אבותי גנזו במקום שהיד שולטת בו, ואני גנזתי במקום שאין היד שולטת בו – שנאמר: ״צדק ומשפט מכון כסאך״.
A baraita states: There was an incident involving King Munbaz, who liberally gave away his treasures and the treasures of his ancestors in the years of drought, distributing the money to the poor. His brothers and his father’s household joined together against him to protest against his actions, and they said to him: Your ancestors stored up money in their treasuries and added to the treasures of their ancestors, and you are liberally distributing it all to the poor. King Munbaz said to them: Not so, my ancestors stored up below, whereas I am storing above, as it is stated: “Truth will spring out of the earth and righteousness will look down from heaven” (Psalms 85:12), meaning that the righteous deeds that one has performed are stored up in heaven. My ancestors stored up treasures in a place where the human hand can reach, and so their treasures could have been robbed, whereas I am storing up treasures in a place where the human hand cannot reach, and so they are secure, as it is stated: “Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne” (Psalms 89:15).
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