An Elegant Composition: Concerning Relief after Adversity
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ForewordIntroductionNoteR. Baroka and the Jailer4R. Baroka and the Two Men Who Spread Cheer5Prologue - Concluded6The Reward of One Good Deed8R. Joshua and the Blind Man11R. Joshua ben Levi and the Strange Actions of Elijah13Aher, Who Sought for What is Hidden17Two Parables20Nahum, Man of Gamzu24Why He Was Called Man of Gamzu26Tales of Martyrdom28The Mother and Her Seven Sons29Trials of Saintly Men33Heeding the Commandments of the Sages34Tales of Those Who Kept the Sabbath and Scrupulously Observed the Commandments38The Reward for the Observance of the Commandment of the Fringes41The Reward for the Observance of Even a Minor Commandment44R. Hanina ben Dosa45The Shining Robe48Whoso Findeth a Wife Findeth a Great Good (Prov. 18:22)53The Perfidious Wife54The Story of Yohani bat Retibi61Some Study Torah in Poverty, Some in Wealth65Despise Not Proselytes69The Unlearned and the Disciples of the Wise71The Virtue of Patience74Titles Borne by the Sages76The Story of Nakdimon ben Gorion78Secret Saints81The Child Taken Captive While Holding a Scroll of the Book of Genesis86The Pure Should Busy Themselves with Pure Things88The Two Children Saved from a Collapsed Wall90The Young Woman of Jerusalem and the Oppressor92Despair Not in the Midst of Misfortune96Elijah the Prophet as Builder99Beware of Hypocrites103The Story of Kidor108Our Sainted Rabbi Judah and Antoninus110Use of Allusion by the Sages113A Deposit Returned Sevenfold114Abandon Not Your Father's Friend116R. Meir and the Perfidious Woman118Suspect Not Innocent Men121Some Sayings of R. Jose122Choose Good Men for Your Friends125Nathan de-Susita (the Halo Bearer)127How to Overcome the Inclination to Evil131Good Deed's Reward and Transgression's Punishment136The Ways of Penitence138Status of the Penitent143Sayings of the Sages concerning Penitence144Citrons as Remedy147The Dirham That Brought Blessing149Interpretations of Letters150Verses Which Are Essential Parts of the Torah153The Lord Is Faithful in Repaying160King Solomon's Three Counsels164The Queries Propounded by the Men of Serendib168Nahum's Wisdom172The Abandoned Girl175Abbreviations (Tractates of Mishnah, Tosefta, and Talmud)177Bibliography178Glossary183Scriptural References185Index190
