Shabbath, fol. 83, col. 2.

The Mishnah alluded to is short and simple, viz, Where is it taught that a ship is clean to the touch?  From Prov. xxx. 19, “The way of a ship in the midst of the sea.” (i.e., as the sea is clean to the touch, therefore a ship must also be clean to the touch).

It is indiscreet for one to sleep in a house as the sole occupant, for Lilith will seize hold of him.

Ibid., fol. 151, col. 2.

Lilith (the night-visiting one) is the name of a night spectre, said to have been Adam’s first wife, but who, for her refractory conduct, was transformed into a demon endowed with power to injure and even destroy infants unprotected by the necessary amulet or charm.

“Thou hast acknowledged the Lord this day to be thy God; and the Lord hath acknowledged thee this day to be His peculiar people” (Deut. xxvi. 17, 18).  The Holy One—­blessed be He!—­said unto Israel, “Ye have made Me a name in the world, as it is written (Deut. vi. 4), ’Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;’ and so I will make you a name in the world, as it is said (1 Chron. xvii. 21), ’And what one nation in the earth is like Thy people Israel?’”

Chaggigah, fol. 3, col. 1.

Why are the words of the Law compared to fire? (Jer. xxiii. 29.) Because, as fire does not burn when there is but one piece of wood, so do the words of the Law not maintain the fire of life when meditated on by one alone (see, in confirmation, Matt, xviii. 20).

Taanith, fol. 7, col. i.

“And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo” (Deut. xxxiv, i).  Tradition says there were twelve stairs, but that Moses surmounted them all in one step.

Soteh, fol. 13, col. 2.

Pieces of money given in charity should not be counted over by twos, but one by one.

Bava Bathra, fol. 8, col. 2.

“Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth?” (Job xxxix. 1.) The wild goat is cruel to her offspring.  As soon as they are brought forth, she climbs with them to the steep cliffs, that they may fall headlong and die.  But, said God to Job, to prevent this I provide an eagle to catch the kid upon its wings, and then carry and lay it before its cruel mother.  Now, if that eagle should be too soon or too late by one second only, instant death to the kid could not be averted; but with Me one second is never changed for another.  Shall Job be now changed by Me, therefore, into an enemy. (Comp.  Job ix. 17, and xxxiv. 35.)

Bava Bathra, fol. 16, cols. 1, 2.

A generation can have one leader only, and not two.

Sanhedrin, fol. 8, col. 1.

“Like the hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces” (Jer. xxiii. 29).  As a hammer divideth fire into many sparks, so one verse of Scripture has many meanings and many explanations.