Quotation for Yoma 70:4

מהו דתימא ניחוש שמא לא ימסרנה יפה יפה קמ"ל אמרו עליו על רבי ישמעאל בן פאבי שעשתה לו אמו כתונת של מאה מנה ולובשה ועובד בה עבודת יחיד ומסרה לציבור

Our Rabbis taught: The poor, the rich, the sensual<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'wicked'.');">⁸</span> come before the [heavenly] court - They say to the poor: Why have you not occupied yourself with the Torah? If he says: I was poor and worried about my sustenance, they would say to him: Were you poorer than Hillel? It was reported about Hillel the Elder that every day he used to work and earn one tropaik,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Corresponding to ** (Victoriatus) - Quinarius, half a denar, Jast.');">⁹</span>

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