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229. Mar Ukba sent double the amount of money to apoor man on finding that he had been accustomed to avery comfortable life. Before his death he distributedhalf his wealth.

230. Huna once sent R. Sheshet, under threat of excommu-nication, to ask questions of Anan, among which was thefollowing:" Who presides at a house of Marzeah? and whatdoes that last word mean?" Ukba explained it to Anan byreferring to Jerem. XVI. 5.

231. The pupils of R. Ishmael dissect a prostitute, who hadbeen condemned to death and had died, and find 252 bonesin her and 243 in man.[ Then follows in text an enumerationof the 253 bones in the human body.]

232 f. 155a- 158 a. Description of the death of R. Jehudaha- Nassi and of his leavetaking and last orders.

233. R. Ishmael and R. Elazar b. Azaryah did not act uni-alike while reciting prayers, in order that the pupils shouldnot follow the way of one alone, as they would have doneif they had acted uniformly.

234 f. 158b. The prophet Isaiah and King Hezekiah metoutside Jerusalem where Isaiah delivered the divine messageto Hezekiah that his children would do evil. To avert it,Hezekiah married Isaiah's daughter and his prayers wereheard by God. Divers other good actions of Hezekiah suchas the burning of Solomon's" books of healing" etc. arerecorded. That was done lest the people, cured of theirillnesses by the prescriptions therein, should neglect to prayto God.

235. Pinhas b. Jari's ass, when stolen by thieves, refused toeat for 3 days because the thieves' provender had not beentithed.

236 f. 160 b. Joshua b. Hananya owned to having beentaught a proper lesson by a widow and child. He was invitedto dine at her house and ate all she set before him. At the