ב יתיב רבי חייא בר אבין וקאמר להא שמעתא אמר ליה רב נחמן בר יצחק לרבי חייא בר אבין ששים קאמרת או שלשים קאמרת אמר ליה ששים דיתומים או דהקדש אמר ליה דיתומים
2 Of the orphans or of the Sanctuary? ' He answered: 'Of the orphans'.' In accord with R'Meir or with R'Judah'? He replied: 'With R'Meir'.' But R'Meir said "thirty days"? ' He answered: Thus did R'Hisda say: Many a beating did I receive from Abimi because of this [teaching]: If he is to proclaim on consecutive days, then [the period of proclamation] is thirty days; if on Mondays and Thursdays alone, then it is sixty days.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Until I learnt to understand its apparent contradictions. Abimi taught him that the property of orphans must be proclaimed on the view of R. Meir for sixty days. The disciple, however, knew the above cited Baraitha, that R. Meir limited it to thirty days and thus raised an objection against his Master's teaching. He had forgotten, however, the instruction offered by the same Master, according to which 'thirty days' referred to consecutive ones, whereas 'sixty days' were required if the proclamation took place only on Mondays and Thursdays. He could thus appreciate his colleague's bewilderment from his own experience of the difficulty.');"><sup>1</sup></span> And although if you, Sir, were to count the days [of actual proclamation] it will be only eighteen,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In sixty days there are eight weeks, containing together sixteen Mondays and Thursdays. If the first week started with a Monday, the four remaining days would include one Monday and Thursday again, which would together amount to the eighteen days, during which the news of such proclamation is made.');"><sup>2</sup></span> still, since the matter is drawn out [over sixty days], people hear about it. Rab Judah said in the name of R'Assi: One must not distrain upon the property of orphans except if interest was consuming it. R'Johanan says: Either because of a document of indebtedness bearing interest, or because of the kethubah of a woman [so as to save from further payment] on account of her.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which likewise consumes the orphans' property. As long as the widow does not collect her kethubah she receives her maintenance from the property of the orphans.');"><sup>3</sup></span>