Chasidut for Yoma 70:5
אמרו עליו על ר' אלעזר בן חרסום שעשתה לו אמו כתונת משתי ריבוא ולא הניחוהו אחיו הכהנים ללובשה מפני שנראה כערום ומי מתחזי והאמר מר חוטן כפול ששה אמר אביי כחמרא במזגא
half of which he would give to the guard at the House of Learning, the other half being spent for his food and for that of his family. One day he found nothing to earn and the guard at the House of Learning would not permit him to enter. He climbed up and sat upon the window,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An aperture in the roof looking down to the ground floor.');"><sup>10</sup></span> to hear the words of the living God from the mouth of Shemayah and Abtalion - They say, that day was the eve of Sabbath in the winter solstice and snow fell down upon him from heaven.
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