[5] …Once a woman brought a handful of fine flour, and the priest despised her, saying: 'See what she offers! What is there in this to eat? What is there in this to offer up?' It was shown to him in a dream: 'Do not despise her! It is regarded as if she had sacrificed her own life.' And may we not draw [a deduction from] minor to major, [viz.] since even with reference to one who does not offer up a life the word nefesh is used by Scripture [thus: And if a nefesh thou bringest as a sacrifice (Lev. II, I)], surely, then, when one offers a life (nefesh), it is as if one is offering up one's own life.