——那里出的枣极多,吃了得力,就好习托拉。革玛拉记一件相干的事:乌拉 到了朋贝狄他,主人家给他端上 一篓 的枣来。他对他们说:像这样一篓枣,一 祖兹 买得着几篓?他们对他说:一 祖兹 买得着三篓。他说:一 祖兹 买得着满满一篓的枣蜜,巴比伦人怎么倒不多多习托拉呢?既然食物这样贱、他们不必为糊口苦苦劳碌,本当在托拉上下更大的工夫才是。
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——那里出的枣极多,吃了得力,就好习托拉。
the dates that grow there plentifully, which gave them strength and allowed them to engage in Torah study.
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革玛拉记一件相干的事:乌拉 到了朋贝狄他,主人家给他端上 一篓 的枣来。
The Gemara records a related incident: Ulla visited Pumbedita, and his hosts brought him a basket [tirina] of dates.
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他对他们说:像这样一篓枣,一 祖兹 买得着几篓?
He said to them: How many baskets of dates like these can one purchase for a zuz?
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他们对他说:一 祖兹 买得着三篓。
They said to him: One can purchase three for a zuz.
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他说:一 祖兹 买得着满满一篓的枣蜜,巴比伦人怎么倒不多多习托拉呢?
He said: How can it be that it is possible to purchase a basketful of date honey for just a single zuz, and yet the Babylonians do not engage in Torah study more extensively?
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既然食物这样贱、他们不必为糊口苦苦劳碌,本当在托拉上下更大的工夫才是。
Since the cost of food is so low and they do not need to work hard to support themselves, the Babylonians should be more extensively engaged in Torah study.