On Sacramental Architecture, III: The House of Study
TORAH ON EARTH
On that day, Rabbi Eliezer brought all the proofs in the world, and the masters would not accept them. He said to them: if the law is according to me, let this locust tree prove it. The locust tree moved 100 cubits. (And some say: four hundred cubits.) They said to him: The locust tree cannot prove anything. ........... Then he said to them: If the law is according to me, let the walls of the House of Study prove it. The walls of the house of Study began to topple. Rabbi Joshua reprimanded them: If scholars are disputing with one another about the law, what business is it of yours? They did not fall down out of respect for Rabbi Joshua, and did not straighten up out of respect for Rabbi Eliezer, and they are still inclined.
The Babylonian Talmud, 499 A. D.
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