Commentary for Pesachim 225:3

א"ל רב לרב כהנא הפוך בנבילתא ולא תיפוך במילי פשוט נבילתא בשוקא ושקיל אגרא ולא תימא כהנא אנא וגברא רבא אנא וסניא בי מלתא סלקת לאיגרא שירותך בהדך מאה קרי במתא בזוזא תותי כנפיך ניהוו

flay carcases in the market place and earn wages and do not say, 'I am a priest and a great man and it is beneath my dignity.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The greatest man is not degraded by honest work.');">⁶</span> [Even] if you [merely] ascend the roof, [take] victuals with you.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Do not undertake the least journey without provisions.');">⁷</span> [Even] if a hundred pumpkins cost but a zuz in town, let them, be under your skirts.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Keep them in stock and do not wait to buy until you actually need them.');">⁸</span>

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