Rosh Hashanah, fol. 16, col. 1.

There are four varieties of cedar:—­Erez, Karthom, Etz-Shemen, and
Berosh.

Ibid., fol. 23, col. 1.

Ben Kamzar would not teach the art of writing, and yet it is related of him that he could, by taking four pens between his fingers, write off a word of four letters at one stroke.

Yoma, fol. 38, col. 2.

There are four kinds of quails:—­Sichli, Kibli, Pisyoni, and the common quail.  The first was of superior quality, and the last inferior.

Ibid., fol. 75, col. 2.

A man may obtain forgiveness after the third transgression, but if he repeat the offense a fourth time, he is not pardoned again; for it is said (Amos ii. 4), “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;” and again (Job xxxiii. 29), “Lo! all these things doth God two or three times” (and so inferentially not four times) “with man to bring back his soul from the pit.”

Yoma, fol. 86, col. 2.

For four reasons does their property pass out of the hands of the avaricious:—­Because they are backward in paying the wages of their hired servants; because they altogether neglect their welfare; because they shift the yoke from themselves and lay the burden upon their neighbors; and because of pride, which is of itself as bad as all the rest put together; whereas of the meek it is written (Ps. xxxvii. n), “The meek shall inherit the earth.”

Succah, fol. 29, col. 2.

“And the Lord showed me four carpenters” (Zech. i, 20).  Who are these four carpenters?  Rav Ghana bar Bizna says that Rabbi Shimon Chassida said they were Messiah the son of David, Messiah the son of Joseph, Elijah, and the Priest of Righteousness.

Ibid., fol. 52, col. 2.

No Synagogue is to be sold except on condition that there be power of re-purchase.  These are the words of Rabbi Meir; but the sages say it may be sold unconditionally, except in these four particular cases:  that it be not turned into a bath-house, a tannery, a wash-house, or a laundry.

Meggillah, fol. 27, col. 2.

Rabbi Yochanan ben Zachai was once asked by his disciples how he had attained such length of days.  “Never once,” he said, “in my life have I acted irreverently within four cubits of a place where prayer is offered; never have I called a person by a wicked name; nor have I ever failed to sanctify the Sabbath over a cup of wine.  Once my aged mother sold her head-dress to buy the consecration wine for me.”

Ibid., fol. 27, col. 2.

When a sage is approaching, one should rise up before he gets within four ells’ distance, and remain standing until he has gone as far past.  When a chief magistrate is about to pass, one must rise as soon as he comes in sight, and not resume the seat until he has passed four ells.  When a prince passes, one must stand up whenever he appears, and not sit down again until the prince himself is seated; for it is said (Exod. xxxiii, 8), “All the people rose up, ... and looked after Moses until he was gone into the tabernacle.”