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Hillel the Elder
Hillel in Early Rabbinic Carriers Witness witness-034-76a023f482
Witness 34 of 97
Canonical reference witness-034-76a023f482
Hebrew
William Davidson Edition - Vocalized Aramaic · sefaria.hillel.ketubot-67b-3-76a023f482.he.2026-09-15
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״דֵּי מַחְסוֹרוֹ״ - אַתָּה מְצֻוֶּוה עָלָיו לְפַרְנְסוֹ, וְאִי אַתָּה מְצֻוֶּוה עָלָיו לְעַשְּׁרוֹ. ״אֲשֶׁר יֶחְסַר לוֹ״ - אֲפִילּוּ סוּס לִרְכּוֹב עָלָיו וְעֶבֶד לָרוּץ לְפָנָיו. אָמְרוּ עָלָיו עַל הִלֵּל הַזָּקֵן שֶׁלָּקַח לְעָנִי בֶּן טוֹבִים אֶחָד סוּס לִרְכּוֹב עָלָיו וְעֶבֶד לָרוּץ לְפָנָיו. פַּעַם אַחַת לֹא מָצָא עֶבֶד לָרוּץ לְפָנָיו, וְרָץ לְפָנָיו שְׁלֹשָׁה מִילִין.
English
William Davidson Edition - English · sefaria.hillel.ketubot-67b-3-76a023f482.en.2026-09-15
Concerning this issue, the Sages taught: “Sufficient for his deficiency”; this teaches that you are commanded with respect to the pauper to support him, but you are not commanded with respect to him to make him wealthy, as the obligation encompasses only that which he lacks, as indicated by the word deficient. However, the verse also states: “Which is deficient for him”; this includes even a horse upon which to ride and a servant to run in front of him for the sake of his stature, if necessary. For someone accustomed to these advantages, their absences constitute a true deficiency, not an extravagant indulgence. The Gemara relates: They said about Hillel the Elder that he obtained for a poor person of noble descent a horse upon which to ride and a servant to run in front of him. One time he did not find a servant to run in front of him, and Hillel himself ran in front of him for three mil, to fulfill the dictate “which is deficient for him.”
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
À ce sujet, les Sages enseignèrent : « Ce qui suffit à son manque » ; cela enseigne qu’il t’est ordonné de subvenir aux besoins du pauvre, mais qu’il ne t’est pas ordonné de l’enrichir, car l’obligation n’englobe que ce qui lui manque, comme l’indique le mot manque. Cependant, le verset dit aussi : « Ce qui lui manque » ; cela comprend même un cheval à monter et un serviteur pour courir devant lui en considération de son rang, si cela est nécessaire. Pour quelqu’un qui est habitué à ces avantages, leur absence constitue un manque véritable, et non un luxe extravagant. La Guemara rapporte : on disait de Hillel l’Ancien qu’il procura à un pauvre de noble ascendance un cheval à monter et un serviteur pour courir devant lui. Une fois, il ne trouva pas de serviteur pour courir devant cet homme, et Hillel courut lui-même devant lui sur trois mil, afin d’accomplir le précepte « ce qui lui manque ».
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