Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Should one leave money to his children?

Hi,

 "When [Reish Lakish] died, he left behind a kav measure of saffron. He applied to himself [apparently negatively] Psalms 49:11, "'And they left their strength to others.'"

 [Note: The kav is fairly small, but saffron was a valuable spice. I am not sure how to take this.]

 (Talmud, Gittin 47a)

 Have a great day,
Mordechai
Posted by The Rebbetzin's Husband at 5:58 AM
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  1. micha bergerDecember 4, 2014 at 6:33 AM

    1 qav = 24 kebeitzah
    Even with R Chaim Na'eh's 55cc kebeitzah, that's more than 1.3 liter or 180 gm (I used http://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/food-volume-to-weight)

    But at that point my research halted. A gm of saffron is about $7 today, depending on quality But they didn't have the farming nor importing technology we do, so that's likely irrelevant.

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