Eugene Ostashevsky comments on the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 17b
Channel: imposternak
Date: 01/05/2012

Commentary composed as part of LABA House of Study Artist Fellowship, 2011-2012. The original text (Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Sanhedrin Folio 17b) advises: "A scholar should not reside in a city where the following ten things are not found: A court of justice that imposes flagellation and decrees penalties; a charity fund collected by two and distributed by three; a Synagogue; public baths; a convenience; a circumciser; a surgeon, a notary; a slaughterer and a school-master. R. Akiba is quoted [as including] also several kinds of fruit [in the list], because these are beneficial to the eyesight." Source of translation: http://www.come-and-hear.com/sanhedrin/sanhedrin_17.html .