brother and mother suggesting that she stay first two days, and then when Eliezer said that that was too long, nonsensically suggesting ten days. The Gemara thus deduced that , yamim, must mean "a year" in , as implies when it says, "if a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year (, yamim) shall he have the right of redemption." Thus might mean, "Let the maiden abide with us a year, or at the least ten months." The Gemara then suggested that , yamim, might mean "a month," as suggests when it uses the phrase "a month of days (, yamim)." The Gemara concluded, however, that , yamim, means "a month" only when the term "month" is specifically mentioned, but otherwise means either "days" (at least two) or "a year." Leviticus 25:35–55 — limits on debt servitude The Sifra read the words of , "You shall support him," to teach that one should not let one's brother who grows poor to fall down. The Sifra compared financial strains to a load on a donkey. While the donkey is still standing in place, a single person can take hold of it and lead it. But if the donkey falls to the ground, five people cannot pick it up again. In the words, "Take no interest or increase, but fear your God," in , "interest" (, neshech) literally means "bite." A Midrash played on this meaning, teaching not to take interest from the poor person, not to bite the poor person as the serpent — cunning to do evil — bit Adam. The Midrash taught that one who exacts interest from an Israelite thus has no fear of God. Rav Naḥman bar Isaac (explaining the position of Rabbi Eleazar) interpreted the words "that your brother may live with you" in to teach that one who has exacted interest should return it to the borrower, so that the borrower could survive economically. A Baraita considered the case where two people were traveling on a journey, and one had a container of water; if both drank, they would both die, but if only one drank, then that one might reach civilization and survive. Ben Patura taught that it is better that both should drink and die, rather than that only one should drink and see the