Commentary for Gittin 121:5

אין ממחין ביד עניי נכרים בלקט בשכחה ובפאה מפני דרכי שלום: ת"ר מפרנסים עניי נכרים עם עניי ישראל ומבקרין חולי נכרים עם חולי ישראל וקוברין מתי נכרים עם מתי ישראל מפני דרכי שלום:

so he went and picked up some and ate them. Said the other to him: See, Sir, that I have thrown them down with my own hands. He said to him: You are from the same place as R. Josiah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And have learnt from his teaching. ');">⁸</span> and he applied to him the verse, The righteous man is the foundation of the world.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. X, 25. E.V., 'the righteous is an everlasting foundation.' ');">⁹</span>

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