Quotation for Bava Batra 266:6

ת"ש דיוסף בן יועזר היה לו בן שלא היה נוהג כשורה הוה ליה עיליתא דדינרי קם אקדשה אזיל נסיב בת גאדיל כלילי דינאי מלכא אולידה דביתהו זבין לה ביניתא קרעה אשכח בה מרגליתא

wreath-maker. [On the occasion when] his wife gave birth to a son he bought for her a fish. Opening it he found therein a pearl. 'Do not take it to the king', she said to him, 'for they will take it away from you for a small sum of money.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'for light money'. ');">¹⁶</span> Go take it rather<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'go bring it.' ');">¹⁷</span> to the Treasurers [of the Temple], but do not you suggest its price, since the making of an offer to the Most High<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., Temple of God. ');">¹⁸</span>

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