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Shekalim 3:2
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בְּשָׁלֹשׁ קֻפּוֹת שֶׁל שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁלֹשׁ סְאִין תּוֹרְמִין אֶת הַלִּשְׁכָּה, וְכָתוּב בָּהֶן אָלֶ”ף בֵּי”ת גִּימֶ”ל. רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר: יְוָנִית כָּתוּב בָּהֶן — אַלְפָ”א בֵּיתָּא גַמְלָ”א. אֵין הַתּוֹרֵם נִכְנָס לֹא בְפַרְגּוֹד חָפוּת, וְלֹא בְמִנְעָל, וְלֹא בְסַנְדָּל, וְלֹא בִתְפִלִּין, וְלֹא בְקָמֵיעַ, שֶׁמָּא יֵעָנִי, וְיֹאמְרוּ: ,,מֵעֲוֹן הַלִּשְׁכָּה הֶעֱנִי!” אוֹ שֶׁמָּא יַעֲשִׁיר, וְיֹאמְרוּ: ,,מִתְּרוּמַת הַלִּשְׁכָּה הֶעֱשִׁיר!” לְפִי שֶׁאָדָם צָרִיךְ לָצֵאת יְדֵי הַבְּרִיּוֹת כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לָצֵאת יְדֵי הַמָּקוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ,,וִהְיִיתֶם נְקִיִּם מֵה› וּמִיִּשְׂרָאֵל”. וְאוֹמֵר: ,,וּמְצָא חֵן וְשֵׂכֶל טוֹב בְּעֵינֵי אֱלֹהִים וְאָדָם”.
With three baskets of three se’ah each, they withdraw the terumah from the [funds in the treasury] chamber; on them were written [the Hebrew letters] “aleph,” “beis,” “gimmel.” R’ Yishmael says: The Greek [letters] “alpha,” “beta,” “gam-ma” were written on them. The one who withdraws the terumah may not enter [the treasury chamber] wearing a hemmed garment, nor with a shoe or a sandal, nor with tefillin or an amulet, lest he become poor and people might say, “Because of the sin of [stealing from] the [treasury] chamber has he become impoverished!” Or, lest he become rich and people might say, “He has enriched himself with the terumah of the [treasury] chamber!” For a person must please people in the same manner that he must please the Omnipresent, for it is said: And you shall be guiltless before HASHEM and before Israel [Numbers 32:22]. And it is also said: And find favor and good understanding in the eyes of God and mankind [Proverbs 3:4].
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