Talmud for Ketubot 134:11
וחכ"א יש לו ואינו רוצה להתפרנס אין נזקקין לו ואלא מה אני מקיים תעביטנו דברה תורה כלשון בני אדם
The Sages, however, said: If he has the means and does not wish to provide for himself [at his own expense] we are not concerned with him. So how then do I understand “You shall lend to him”? The Torah speaks as an ordinary person.
Jerusalem Talmud Peah
Also122Tosephta Peah 4:11, Ketubot67b., we have stated: It happened that Hillel took for a poor son of a prominent family a horse for his exercise and a slave to serve him. Also, it happened that the people of Galilee brought a Sepphoris pound of meat123In Babli and Tosephta, the text reads: “Daily a pound of meat for a poor man from Sepphoris”. We do not know how much a Sepphoris pound was; it is also mentioned in Sifri Deut. 317. Rashi in Babli Ketubot 67b reads: בליטרא בשר, “meat for a pound (of coins).” However, the pound as unit of currency is not found before Charlemagne. to an old man every day. Is this not impossible124That an old man would need so much meat.? It was because he did not eat except in company.
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy