Commentary for Avodah Zarah 47:1
בששים רבוא שכר רב כהנא מתני בשמונים רבוא והיו מפתחות מונחות תחת מראשותיו של אביו ולא צערו
at a profit of six hundred thousand [denarii]. (R. Kahana says eight hundred thousand); but the keys were lying under his father's head-pillow, so he would not disturb him!
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
This famous story is brought here as proof that one can buy offerings for the Temple from non-Jews. After all, the sages approached Dama b. Natina asking him to sell them stones for the ephod, the high priest’s breastplate.
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