ers be consumed'? It
is not written 'sinners,' but 'sins.' Besides, a little farther
on in the text it is said, 'And the wicked will be no more;'
that is to say, 'Let sins cease, and the wicked will cease too.'
Pray, therefore, on their behalf that they may be led to
repentance, and these wicked will be no more." This he therefore
did, and they repented and ceased to vex him. Of this excellent
and humane woman it may well be said, "She openeth her mouth
with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness" (Prov.
xxxi. 26). Her end was tragic. She was entrapped by a disciple
of her husband, and out of shame she committed suicide. See
particulars by Rashi in Avodah Zarah, fol. 18, col. 2.

The Hasmoneans ruled over Israel during the time of the second Temple a
hundred and three years; and for a hundred and three the government was
in the hands of the family of Herod.

_Avodah Zarah_, fol. 9, col. 1.

Rabbi Yochanan the son of Zacchai lived a hundred and twenty years;
forty he devoted to commerce, forty to study, and forty to teaching.

_Rosh Hashanah_, fol. 30, col. 2.

One hundred and twenty elders, and among them several prophets, bore a
part in composing the Eighteen Blessings (the Shemonah Esreh).

_Meggillah_, fol. 17, col. 2.

A similar tradition was current among the early Christians, with
reference to the composition of the Creed. Its different
sentences were ascribed to different apostles. However fitly
this tradition may represent the community of faith with which
the prophets on the one hand and the apostles on the other were
inspired, it is not recommended by the critic as a proceeding
calculated to ensure unity in a work of art.

Rabbi Shemuel says advantage may be taken of the mistakes of a Gentile.
He once bought a gold plate as a copper one of a Gentile for four
zouzim, and then cheated him out of one zouz into the bargain. Rav
Cahana purchased a hundred and twenty vessels of wine from a Gentile for
a hundred zouzim, and swindled him in the payment out of one of the
hundred, and that while the Gentile assured him that he confidently
trusted to his honesty. Rava once went shares with a Gentile and bought
a tree, which was cut up into logs. This done, he bade his servant go to
pick him out the largest logs, but to be sure to take no more than the
proper number, because the Gentile knew how many there were. As Rav Ashi
was wal