Jewish%20thought for Rosh Hashanah 46:10

אמר אביי ת"ש סעודות גדולות היו עושין להם שם כדי שיהו רגילים לבוא דלמא תרתי הוו עבדי בהו:

as it is written, being bound in chains?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. XL, 1. The Hebrew word is .');">¹⁹</span> - Abaye said: Come and hear [a proof that it is the former]: THEY USED TO ENTERTAIN THEM LAVISHLY THERE SO THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE AN INDUCEMENT TO COME. [This is not conclusive], as perhaps they treated them in both ways.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., both kindly and rigorously.');">²⁰</span>

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