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ADDITIONS& CORRECTIONS.

Nos. 145( 144) 177 and 187 have been inadvertentlyomitted and No. 316 too briefly told and is here amplified.145( 144). Advancing age prevented R. Shimeon b. Ḥa-lafta from continuing his regular visits to Rabbi. Whenasked the reason he replied:" The distant has becomenear and the near has become distant and two turnedinto three." By this he meant: his sight had weakenedso that he could no longer see far, his hearing hadweakened so that he could only hear things near, whilehe had to use a stick to help his legs.

177. Huna refused to give wine to his labourers. 400 casksturned sour; he repented and the wine again turned sweet.187. Story of Dima b. Netina's respect for his parents.His mother slapped his face in public and he said nothing,and after his father's death he never sat in his father's chair.316. The story continues as follows:-

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