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An Elegant Composition: Concerning Relief after Adversity »

Authors: William M. Brinner, Nissim Ben Jacob Ibn Shahin, Nissim
ISBN-13: 9781568219844, ISBN-10: 1568219849
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Aronson, Jason Inc.
Date Published: August 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: William M. Brinner

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	Foreword
	Introduction
	Note
	R. Baroka and the Jailer	4
	R. Baroka and the Two Men Who Spread Cheer	5
	Prologue - Concluded	6
	The Reward of One Good Deed	8
	R. Joshua and the Blind Man	11
	R. Joshua ben Levi and the Strange Actions of Elijah	13
	Aher, Who Sought for What is Hidden	17
	Two Parables	20
	Nahum, Man of Gamzu	24
	Why He Was Called Man of Gamzu	26
	Tales of Martyrdom	28
	The Mother and Her Seven Sons	29
	Trials of Saintly Men	33
	Heeding the Commandments of the Sages	34
	Tales of Those Who Kept the Sabbath and Scrupulously Observed the Commandments	38
	The Reward for the Observance of the Commandment of the Fringes	41
	The Reward for the Observance of Even a Minor Commandment	44
	R. Hanina ben Dosa	45
	The Shining Robe	48
	Whoso Findeth a Wife Findeth a Great Good (Prov. 18:22)	53
	The Perfidious Wife	54
	The Story of Yohani bat Retibi	61
	Some Study Torah in Poverty, Some in Wealth	65
	Despise Not Proselytes	69
	The Unlearned and the Disciples of the Wise	71
	The Virtue of Patience	74
	Titles Borne by the Sages	76
	The Story of Nakdimon ben Gorion	78
	Secret Saints	81
	The Child Taken Captive While Holding a Scroll of the Book of Genesis	86
	The Pure Should Busy Themselves with Pure Things	88
	The Two Children Saved from a Collapsed Wall	90
	The Young Woman of Jerusalem and the Oppressor	92
	Despair Not in the Midst of Misfortune	96
	Elijah the Prophet as Builder	99
	Beware of Hypocrites	103
	The Story of Kidor	108
	Our Sainted Rabbi Judah and Antoninus	110
	Use of Allusion by the Sages	113
	A Deposit Returned Sevenfold	114
	Abandon Not Your Father's Friend	116
	R. Meir and the Perfidious Woman	118
	Suspect Not Innocent Men	121
	Some Sayings of R. Jose	122
	Choose Good Men for Your Friends	125
	Nathan de-Susita (the Halo Bearer)	127
	How to Overcome the Inclination to Evil	131
	Good Deed's Reward and Transgression's Punishment	136
	The Ways of Penitence	138
	Status of the Penitent	143
	Sayings of the Sages concerning Penitence	144
	Citrons as Remedy	147
	The Dirham That Brought Blessing	149
	Interpretations of Letters	150
	Verses Which Are Essential Parts of the Torah	153
	The Lord Is Faithful in Repaying	160
	King Solomon's Three Counsels	164
	The Queries Propounded by the Men of Serendib	168
	Nahum's Wisdom	172
	The Abandoned Girl	175
	Abbreviations (Tractates of Mishnah, Tosefta, and Talmud)	177
	Bibliography	178
	Glossary	183
	Scriptural References	185
	Index	190

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