Reish Lakish's Saffron
Reish Lakish leaves some saffron to his children and laments it, applying a harsh verse to himself for the time he spent earning what he never needed.
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Reish Lakish leaves some saffron to his children and laments it, applying a harsh verse to himself for the time he spent earning what he never needed.
A bandit chief leaps into the river beside Rabbi Yochanan, who promises him his beautiful sister if he repents. The bandit becomes the great Reish Lakish.
Reish Lakish marks the graves of the Sages but cannot find Rabbi Chiya's. A Heavenly Voice tells him he learned like Rabbi Chiya but did not spread Torah like him.