Bava Kama, fol. 79, col. 2.

“And Esau came from the field, and he was faint” (Gen. xxv. 29).  Rabbi Yochanan said that wicked man committed on that day five transgressions:—­He committed rape, committed murder, denied the being of God, denied the resurrection from the dead, and despised the birthright.

Bava Bathra, fol. 16, col. 2.

There are five celebrated idolatrous temples, and these are the names of them:—­The Temple of Bel in Babylon, the Temple of Nebo in Chursi, the Temple of Thretha in Maphog, the Temple of Zeripha in Askelon, and the Temple of Nashra in Arabia.  When Rabbi Dimmi came from Palestine to Babylon he said there were others, viz, the Temple of Yarid in Ainbechi, and that of Nadbacha in Accho.

Avodah Zarah, fol. 11, col. 2.

“And they also transgressed my covenant, which I have commanded them; and they also have taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and have also put it among their own stuff” (Josh. vii. 11).  Rav Illaa says, in the name of Rav Yehudah ben Mispartha, the fivefold repetition of the particle also shows that Achan had trespassed against all the five books of Moses.  The same Rabbi further adds that Achan had obliterated the sign of the covenant, for it is said in relation to him, “And they have also transgressed my covenant;” and with reference to circumcision, “He hath broken my covenant.”

Sanhedrin, fol. 44, col. 1.

He who eats an ant is flogged five times with forty stripes save one.

Maccoth, fol. 16, col. 2.

Rabbi Akiva used to say there are five judgments on record each of twelve months’ duration:—­That of the deluge, that of Job, that of the Egyptians, that of Gog and Magog, and that of the wicked in hell.  This last is said of those whose demerits outweigh their virtues, or those who have sinned against their bodies.

Edioth, chap. 2, mish. 10.

Five possessions hath the Holy One—­blessed be He!—­purchased for Himself in this world:—­(1.) The law is one possession (Prov. viii. 22); (2.) Heaven and earth is one possession (Isa. lxvi. 1, Ps. civ. 24); (3.) Abraham is one possession (Gen. xiv. 9); (4.) Israel is one possession (Exod. xv. 16); (5.) the Temple is one possession, as it is said (Exod. xv. 17), “The sanctuary, O Lord, Thy hands have established.”  And it is also said (Ps. lxxviii. 54), “And He brought them to the border of His sanctuary, even to this mountain, which His right hand had purchased.”

Avoth, chap. 6.

Rabbi Akiva says he who marries a woman not suited to him violates five precepts:—­(1.) Thou shalt not avenge; (2.) thou shalt not bear a grudge; (3.) thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart; (4.) thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; (5.) and that thy brother may live with thee.  For if he hates her he wishes she were dead, and thus he diminishes the population.