פירוש על ברכות 6:29

So M. correctly. Edd. : R. Aha b. Bizna. In J. T. the reference to the harp is in the name of R. Levi ; cf. A. P. A. III. p. 697.

A reminiscence of the Aeolian harp.

Let the rich help the poor.

The poor cannot remain satisfied with charitable doles, any more than a handful will satisfy a hungry lion. Moreover a nation needs external sources of supply. It cannot live on itself, just as the soil taken out of a pit will not completely fill the cavity. Others render the proverb: "A grasshopper cannot satisfy a lion ; nor can a cistern be filled by rain-water [but must also depend upon drawn water]"; cf. T. A. I. p. 419 n. 17.

Send out soldiers to obtain plunder.