Ibid., fol. 103, col. 2.

Moses uttered four judgments upon Israel, but four prophets revoked them:—­(1.) First Moses said (Deut. xxxiii. 28), “Israel then shall dwell in safety alone;” then came Amos and set it aside (Amos vii. 5), “Cease, I beseech thee,” etc.; and then it is written (verse 6), “This shall not be, saith the Lord.” (2.) First Moses said (Deut. xxviii. 65), “Among these nations thou shalt find no ease;” then came Jeremiah and set this saying aside (Jer. xxxi. 2), “Even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.” (3.) First Moses said (Exod. xxxiv. 7), “Visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children;” then came Ezekiel and set this aside (Ezek. xviii. 4), “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” (4.) First Moses said (Lev. xxvi. 38), “And ye shall perish among the heathen;” then came Isaiah and reversed this (Isa. xxvii. 13), “And it shall come to pass in that day that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish.”

Maccoth, fol. 24, col. 1.

When Akavyah ben Mahalalel appeared to four halachahs contradicting the judgment of the wise on a certain important point of law, “Retract,” they said, “and we will promote thee to be president of the tribunal.”  To which he replied, “I would rather be called a fool all the days of my life than be judged wicked for one hour before Him who is omnipresent.”

Edioth, chap. 5, mish. 6.

Let thy house be open wide toward the south, the east, the west, and the north, just as Job, who made four entrances to his house, in order that the poor might find entrance without trouble from whatever quarter they might come.

Avoth d’Rav.  Nathan, chap. 7,

Rabbah once saw a sea-monster on the day it was brought forth, and it was as large as Mount Tabor.  And how large is Mount Tabor?  Its neck was three miles long, and where it laid its head a mile and a half.  Its dung choked up the Jordan, till, as Rashi says, its waters washed it away.

Bava Bathra, fol. 73, col. 2.

Shemuel said, “We know remedies for all maladies except three:—­That induced by unripe dates on an empty stomach; that induced by wearing a damp linen rope round one’s loins; and that induced by falling asleep after meals without having first walked a distance of at least four cubits.”

Bava Metzia, fol. 113, col. 2.

The five times repeated “Bless the Lord, O my soul” (Ps. ciii. civ.), were said by David with reference both to God and the soul.  As God fills the whole world, so does the soul fill the whole body; as God sees and is not seen, so the soul sees and is not seen; as God nourishes the whole world, so does the soul nourish the whole body; as God is pure, so also is the soul pure; as God dwelleth in secret, so does the soul dwell in secret.  Therefore let him who possesses these five properties praise Him to whom these five attributes belong.