offers it to the convert on a platter. Akilas then visited Rabbi Joshua, who taught that bread refers to the Torah (as in , Wisdom—the Torah—says, "Come, eat of my bread") while clothing means the Torah scholar's cloak. A person privileged to study the Torah is thus privileged to perform God's precepts. Moreover, converts' daughters could marry into the priesthood, so that their descendants could offer burnt-offerings on the altar. The Midrash offered another interpretation: bread refers to the showbread, while clothing refers to the priestly vestments. The Midrash offered yet another interpretation: bread refers to challah, while clothing refers to the first shearings of the sheep, both of which belong to the priests. The Tosefta deduced from that Jacob spoke as if God was not Jacob's God when Jacob was not in the land of Canaan. Rabbi Ilai taught that the Sages ordained at Usha that if a person wishes to give charity liberally, the person should not give away more than a fifth of the person's wealth. Rav Nahman (or some say Rav Aha bar Jacob) cited as proof for the proposition, as in the words "And of all that You shall give me, I will surely give a tenth to You," repetition of the verb to give a tenth or tithe implies two tenths or one fifth. The Gemara did the math and questioned whether the second tenth would not be less than the first tenth, as it would be taken from the nine-tenths that remained after the first tenth had been given away and thereby represented only 1/10 x 9/10 = 9/100 of the original capital. Rav Ashi replied that the words "I will . . . give a tenth of it" in implied that he would make the second like the first. The Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer taught that Jacob wished to ford the Jabbok and was detained there by an angel, who asked Jacob whether Jacob had not told God (in ), "Of all that you shall give me I will surely give a tenth to You." So Jacob gave a tenth of all the cattle that he had brought from Paddan-Aram. Jacob had brought some 5,500 animals, so his tithe came to 550 animals. Jacob again tried to ford the Jabbok, but was hindered again. The angel once again asked Jacob whether Jacob had not told God (in ), "Of all that you