Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 30:17

(איוב א, יא) ואולם שלח נא ידך וגע בכל אשר לו אם לא על פניך יברכך (איוב א, יב) ויאמר ה' אל השטן הנה כל אשר לו בידך רק אליו אל תשלח ידך וגו' (איוב א, יג) ויהי היום ובניו ובנותיו אוכלים ושותים יין בבית אחיהם הבכור ומלאך בא אל איוב ויאמר הבקר היו חורשות וגו' מאי הבקר היו חורשות והאתונות רועות על ידיהם א"ר יוחנן מלמד שהטעימו הקב"ה לאיוב

And then Satan answered the Lord and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast thou not made at hedge about him and about his house etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job 1, 9, 10. ');">²⁸</span> What is the meaning of the words, Thou hast blessed the work of his hands?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. ');">²⁹</span> — R. Samuel b. R. Isaac said: Whoever took a prutah from Job had luck with it. What is implied by the words, His cattle is increased in the land,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. ');">³⁰</span> — R. Jose b. Hanina said: The cattle of Job broke through the general rule. Normally wolves kill goats, but in the cattle of Job the goats killed the wolves. But put forth thine hand now and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face … And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold all that he hath is in thy power, only upon himself put not forth thine hand etc.&nbsp;… And it fell on a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house that there came a messenger unto Job and said, The oxen were plowing etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 11-14. ');">³¹</span> What is meant by the words, The oxen were plowing and the asses feeding beside them?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 14. ');">³²</span> — R. Johanan said: This indicates that the Holy One, blessed be He, gave to Job a taste of the

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