Commentary for Bava Batra 231:15

דרש ר' פנחס בר חמא כל שיש לו חולה בתוך ביתו ילך אצל חכם ויבקש עליו רחמים שנא' (משלי טז, יד) חמת מלך מלאכי מות ואיש חכם יכפרנה:

and his friends answered him, Take heed, regard not inquiry; for this hast thou chosen rather than poverty.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXXVI, 21. This, in the text, is taken to refer to Job's infliction, implying that poverty is even worse than all his fifty plagues. ');">²⁴</span> R. Phinehas b. Hama gave the following exposition: Whosoever has a sick person in his house should go to a Sage<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'wise (man),' a scholar and saint. ');">²⁵</span>

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