Quotation for Pesachim 108:4

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> מקום שנהגו לעשות מלאכה בתשעה באב עושין מקום שנהגו שלא לעשות מלאכה אין עושין ובכל מקום תלמידי חכמים בטלים רשב"ג אומר לעולם יעשה אדם עצמו תלמיד חכם:

and if He had not willed them, it would be but right that He should will them. And these are they: Concerning a corpse, that it should become offensive; and concerning a dead person, that he should be forgotten from the heart; and concerning produce, that it should rot;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If kept too long. This is necessary in order to restrain the producer from withholding supplies and thus artificially raising the prices.');">⁸</span> and some say, concerning coins, that they should enjoy currency.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the benefit of the poor who have no other means of obtaining sustenance (v. Marginal Glosses) .');">⁹</span>

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