Proper conduct

<<is what it teaches us.

As it is taught:

<<not

<<should eat

<<a person

<<garlic

<<or onion

<<from its head,

<<but rather

<<from its leaves.

<<And if

<<he ate [so],

<<he is

<<a glutton.

<<Similarly:

<<not

<<should drink

<<a person

<<his cup

<<in one gulp,

<<and if

<<he drank [so],

<<he is

<<a guzzler.

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<one who drinks

<<his cup

<<in one gulp,

<<he is

<<a guzzler;

<<[in] two,

<<is proper conduct;

<<[in] three,

<<is of the arrogant of

<<spirit.

And Rami bar Abba said:

<<the squill

<<cuts off

<<the feet

<<of the wicked.

A sapling

<<cuts off

<<the feet

<<of butchers

<<and of those who have relations with

<<menstruating women.

The lupine

<<cuts off

<<the feet

<<of the enemies

<<of Israel,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And continued

<<the children of Israel

<<to do

<<evil

<<in the eyes of Hashem,

<<and they served

<<the Baalim

<<and the Ashtaros

<<and the gods of Aram

<<and the gods of Tzidon

<<and the gods of Moav

<<and the gods of the children of Amon

<<and the gods of the Philistines,

<<and they forsook

<<Hashem

<<and did not

<<serve Him.”

From the implication

<<of what is stated,

<<“and they forsook

<<Hashem,”

<<do I not know

<<that they did not

<<serve Him?!

<<And why

<<does the verse state

<<“and did not

<<serve Him”?

<<Rabbi Elazar said:

<<said

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He:

<<even

<<like the lupine

<<this,

<<which they boil

<<it

<<seven times

<<and eat

<<it

<<for dessert,

<<did not

<<treat Me [so]

<<My children.

It was taught

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Meir:

<<why

<<was given

<<the Torah

<<to Israel?

<<Because

<<they are

<<brazen.

<<It was taught

<<in the school of Rabbi Yishmael:

<<“From His right hand,

<<a fiery

<<law

<<for them.”

<<Said

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He:

<<fit are

<<these

<<that there be given

<<to them

<<a law

<<of fire.

<<Some say:

<<the laws

<<of these

<<are fire,

<<for had it

<<(not)

<<been given,

<<the Torah,

<<to Israel,

<<not

<<any

<<nation

<<or tongue

<<could

<<stand

<<before them.

And this is

<<what said

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish:

<<three

<<are brazen:

<<Israel

<<among the nations,

<<a dog

<<among animals,

<<a rooster

<<among birds.

<<And some say:

<<also

<<a goat

<<among small livestock.

<<And some say:

<<also

<<a caper bush

<<among trees.

If he slaughtered it

<<in the field,

<<he may not

<<bring it

<<on a pole.

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<does not

<<a blind person

<<go out

<<with his staff,

<<nor

<<a shepherd

<<with his bag.

<<And one may not go out

<<in a chair [carried],

<<whether a man

<<or a woman.

Is that so?!

<<But

<<sent

<<Rabbi Yaakov bar Idi:

<<a certain elder

<<there was

<<in our neighborhood,

<<and he would

<<go out

<<in a sedan chair

<<of his,

<<and they came

<<and asked

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi,

<<and he said:

<<if

<<the public

<<needs

<<him,

<<it is permitted.

And relied

<<our masters

<<on

<<the words of

<<Achai Shakya,

<<who said:

<<I

<<carried out

<<Rav Huna

<<from Hini

<<to Shili

<<and from Shili

<<to Hini.

<<And Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said:

<<I

<<carried out

<<Mar Shmuel

<<from the sun

<<to the shade

<<and from the shade

<<to the sun!

<<There,

<<as he stated

<<the reason:

<<if

<<are

<<the public

<<in need of

<<him,

<<it is permitted.

Rav Nachman said to Chama bar Adda,

<<the emissary to Zion:

<<when

<<you go up

<<there,

<<go around

<<and go by way of

<<the Ladder

<<of Tyre,

<<and go

<<to

<<Rabbi Yaakov bar Idi

<<and ask

<<him:

<<a chair —

<<what

<<do you [hold]

<<about it?

By the time he went

<<there,

<<passed away

<<Rabbi Yaakov bar Idi.

<<When he went up,

<<he found

<<Rabbi Zerika;

<<he said to him:

<<a chair —

<<what

<<do you [hold]

<<about it?

<<He said to him:

<<thus

<<Rabbi Ami said:

<<provided

<<that not

<<he carries on the shoulder.

<<What is

<<“provided

<<that not

<<he carries on the shoulder”?

<<Rav Yosef, son of Rava said:

<<on a litter.

Is that so?!

<<But

<<Rav Nachman

<<permitted

<<Yalta

<<to go out

<<on a litter!

<<Different is

<<Yalta,

<<who was frightened.

Ameimar

<<and Mar Zutra

<<were carried on shoulders

<<on the Shabbos of the festival [lecture]

<<because of

<<fright,

<<and some say:

<<because of

<<the crowding

<<of the public.

MISHNAH:

<<A firstborn animal

<<that fell

<<into a pit —

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<let go down

<<an expert

<<and see,