Paying to Ask Rabbi Akiva a Question in Prison
With Rabbi Akiva in a Roman prison, the scholars had to pay a man 400 zuz to get in and ask him a halachic question: "our water we drank for money."
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With Rabbi Akiva in a Roman prison, the scholars had to pay a man 400 zuz to get in and ask him a halachic question: "our water we drank for money."
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Rabbi Akiva and Rachel live on straw after Kalba Savua disowns them. Eliyahu HaNavi comes begging for straw, to show them others have even less.
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