the law into his hands" and do certain actions to protect his property at the expense of another's, even before a court has ruled on the matter. Rav Nachman used many collections of aggadot. He was fond of collecting in one passage a number of Aramaic aphorisms, and used sturdy popular expressions in his speech. His aggadic remarks relating to Biblical personages were likewise made in this style, as the following specimens show: It is not seemly for women to be conceited; the two prophetesses Deborah and Huldah had hateful names, namely, 'bee' and 'weasel'. Impudence is effective even towards Heaven; for initially it is written [that God told Balaam] "You shall not go with them", and later [after Balaam persisted in asking] it is written [that God said] "Rise up and go with them". Sinful fancies are more injurious to man than the sin itself. References It has the following bibliography: Hamburger, R.B.T. ii.819 et seq.; Bacher, Ag. Bab. Amor. pp. 79–83; Seder ha-Dorot, pp. 283 et seq. 320 deaths Talmud rabbis of Babylonia Year of birth unknown