Related for Taanit 41:13
הויא חדא מדינתא דלא מצו למיכבשה בדקו מיניה וכבשוה עיילו לבי גנזיה ומלוהו לסיפטיה אבנים טובות ומרגליות ושדרוהו ביקרא רבה
Whereupon Elijah appeared in the guise of one of them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Romans.');"><sup>11</sup></span> and remarked, Perhaps this is some of the earth of their father Abraham,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Midrash Tanhuma on Genesis XIX (ed. Buber) ; Gen. Rab. XLIII.');"><sup>12</sup></span> for when he threw earth [against the enemy] it turned into swords and when [he threw] stubble it changed into arrows, for it is written, His sword maketh them as dust, his bow as the driven stubble.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XLI, 2.');"><sup>13</sup></span>
Tosefta Ketubot
A man who says: "Give a shekel from my estate to my sons per week", but they are appropriate to receive a sela (=2 shekalim), they give to them a sela [since his intention was to give them enough per week, a shekel was a random amount]. But if he said: "Give them only a shekel", they only give them a shekel [since he was more specific]. If he said: "If they die, others should inherit me", whether he said "Give..." or "Give only...", they only give them a shekel [since there are others who stand to lose out if the sons get more money per week from the estate]. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: Meir used to say: A man who says, "Give a shekel per week to my sons" and they are appropriate to receive a sela, they give them a shekel, and for the rest they are supported from tzedakah; but Hakhamim say: They are fed [from the estate] until they use up the estate, but for anything beyond that, they are supported from tzedakah.
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