Martha Curses the Rabbis

There was the case of Martha [bat Boethus] for whom the rabbis allotted two se’ah of wine every day. . . . Nevertheless she cursed them and said to them, “May you give so [little] to your daughters.” Rabbi Aha said: And we responded: Amen. Said Rabbi Eliezer bar Rabbi Zadoq: May I not see consolation if I did not see her picking barley from beneath…