Musar for Shabbat 64:6

אמר ר"ל כל הזהיר בציצית זוכה ומשמשין לו ב' אלפים וח' מאות עבדים שנא' (זכריה ח, כג) כה אמר ה' [צבאות] בימים ההמה אשר יחזיקו עשרה אנשים מכל לשונות הגוים [והחזיקו] בכנף איש יהודי לאמר נלכה עמכם וגו':

(Mnemonic: <i>Hate, Hallah, Terumah, Robbed, Law, Oath, Shedding, Uncovering, Folly</i>.)<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Catch words of the themes that follow, as an aid to memory. ');">¹⁵</span> It was taught, R. Nehemiah said: As a punishment for causeless hate strife multiplies in a man's house, his wife miscarries, and his sons and daughters die young. R. Eleazar b. R. Judah said: Because of the neglect of <i>hallah</i> there is no blessing in what is stored, a curse is sent upon prices,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' What is stored — grain, wine, oil, etc. does not keep, with the result that prices rise. ');">¹⁶</span>

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