Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 75:16

מכאן אמר בן עזאי בשמך יקראוך ובמקומך יושיבוך

[They did so] to fulfil the command: 'Ye shall be clear before the Lord and before Israel.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXXII, 22.');">¹⁶</span> It was taught: R'Ishmael said: Once I was walking on the way and I came upon one of their children's children and I said to him: Your forefathers sought to increase their glory and to reduce the glory of the Creator, now the glory of the Creator is at its wonted place, and He has reduced their glory. R'Akiba said: R'Ishmael B'Luga related to me: One day I and one of their descendants went to the field to gather herbs and I saw him crying and laughing. I said to him: 'Why did you cry? ' He answered: 'I recalled the glory of my ancestors' - 'And why did you laugh happily? ' He replied: 'Because the Holy One, blessed be He, will restore it to us' - 'And what caused you to remember? ' He said: 'There is smoke-raiser<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The name of a plant whose identity had to be hidden from all but the members of the house of Abtinas.');">¹⁷</span> before me'.' Show it to me!' He said to me: 'We are bound by oath not to show it to any person' - R'Johanan B'Nuri said: Once I came upon an old man, who had a scroll [containing prescriptions] for frankincense in his hand. I asked him: 'Whence are you [derived]? ' He said: 'I come from the house of Abtinas' - 'What have you in your hand? ' He replied: 'A scroll [containing prescriptions] for frankincense.' 'Show it to me!' He said: 'As long as my father's house was alive they would not surrender it to any one, but now here it is, but be very careful about it - When I came and told thereof to R'Akiba he said: 'Henceforth it is forbidden to speak of them in dispraise' - Referring to this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Their re-instatement into the original office.');">¹⁸</span> Ben 'Azzai said: By your name you will be called, to your place you will be restored

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