“Two‐thirds of the village is receiving Medicaid and food stamps,” Mr. Weismandi said, “and a dozen families, perhaps are on welfare, although another 50 might be elegible for it.” The earned income, such as it is, comes from a variety of sources.
Pesachim (113a) Rab said to R. Kahana: Deal in carcases, but do not deal in words; flay carcases in the market place and earn wages and do not say, ‘I am a priest and a great man and it is beneath my dignity.’
What happened to that gemara that says it's better to work as a tanner in the marketplace than live on charity?
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