[Avodah] What did they learn in the yeshiva of Shem and Eiver

[Silverman, Philip B]

>> a. Could it be that Ardeban (Arteban) kept the mezuzah in his night
table as 

opposed to on the front door?

 

> R' Sero: Rebbi said it would protect him.  Presumably it could only do
that if

he were doing a mitzvah with it.

 

    Hmmm, I guess you're right.

 

>> b. Some authorities are concerned about a non-Jew throwing away a 

>> parchment with God's name on it.

 

> R' Sero:  But he wouldn't do that to a treasured gift.

    But it wasn't a treasured gift at first. Remember Ardeban's angry
reaction? If Rebbe wouldn't have been able to mollify or convince
Ardeban (we're assuming that he *was* convinced), would Rebbe have taken
the mezuzah back?

 Phil

 



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