and between the sections

<<he may greet

<<out of

<<respect

<<and respond

<<greeting

<<to every

<<person.

It is taught

<<also

<<so:

<<one who reads

<<the Shema

<<and there met

<<him

<<his teacher

<<or

<<one greater

<<than him —

<<between the sections

<<he may greet

<<out of

<<respect,

<<and there is no

<<need

<<to say

<<that he

<<responds;

<<and in the middle

<<he may greet

<<out of

<<fear,

<<and there is no

<<need

<<to say

<<that he

<<responds —

<<the words of

<<Rabbi Meir.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<in the middle

<<he may greet

<<out of

<<fear

<<and respond

<<out of

<<respect,

<<and between the sections

<<he may greet

<<out of

<<respect

<<and respond

<<greeting

<<to every

<<person.

Asked

<<of him

<<Achai,

<<the Tanna

<<of the house of

<<Rabbi Chiya,

<<from Rabbi Chiya:

<<in Hallel

<<and in the Megillah,

<<what is it

<<that he should interrupt?

<<Do we say

<<a kal vachomer:

<<the Shema,

<<which is from the Torah,

<<he interrupts;

<<Hallel,

<<which is Rabbinic,

<<is it a question?!

<<Or

<<perhaps

<<publicizing

<<the miracle

<<is preferable?

He said to him:

<<he interrupts,

<<and there is not

<<in this

<<anything.

<<Rabbah said:

<<days

<<that the individual

<<completes

<<on them

<<the Hallel —

<<between

<<section

<<and section

<<he interrupts;

<<in the middle of

<<the section

<<he does not

<<interrupt.

<<And days

<<that not

<<the individual

<<completes

<<on them

<<the Hallel —

<<even

<<in the middle of

<<the section

<<he interrupts.

Is that so?!

<<But surely

<<Rav bar Sheva

<<happened to come

<<to the presence

<<of Ravina,

<<and days

<<that not

<<the individual

<<completes

<<the Hallel

<<it was,

<<and not

<<did he interrupt

<<for him!

It is different

<<Rav bar Sheva,

<<for not

<<was he esteemed

<<in the eyes

<<of Ravina.

Asked

<<of him

<<Ashyan,

<<the Tanna

<<of the house of

<<Rabbi Ami,

<<from Rabbi Ami:

<<one who is engaged

<<in a fast,

<<what is it

<<that he may taste?

<<Eating

<<and drinking

<<he accepted

<<upon himself,

<<and this

<<is absent?

<<Or

<<perhaps

<<enjoyment

<<he accepted

<<upon himself,

<<and this

<<is present?

He said to him:

<<he tastes,

<<and there is not

<<in this

<<anything.

<<It is taught

<<also

<<so:

<<a woman tasting [food]

<<does not

<<require

<<a blessing,

<<and one who is engaged

<<in a fast

<<tastes,

<<and there is not

<<in this

<<anything.

Up to

<<how much?

Rabbi Ami

<<and Rabbi Assi

<<would taste

<<up to

<<the measure of

<<a revi'is.

Rav said:

<<anyone

<<who gives

<<greeting

<<to his fellow

<<before

<<he prays,

<<it is as if

<<he made him

<<a bamah,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Cease

<<for yourselves

<<from

<<man,

<<whose

<<breath

<<is in his nostrils,

<<for

<<as what

<<is accounted

<<he?”

<<Do not

<<read

<<“bameh” (as what)

<<but rather

<<“bamah” (an altar).

And Shmuel

<<said:

<<as what

<<did you esteem

<<this one,

<<and not

<<God?

Raised an objection

<<Rav Sheshes:

<<“Between the sections

<<he may greet

<<out of

<<respect

<<and respond”!

Explained it

<<Rabbi Abba:

<<in one who comes early

<<to his door.

Rabbi Yona said in the name of Rabbi Zeira:

<<anyone

<<who does

<<his affairs

<<before

<<he prays,

<<it is as if

<<he built

<<a bamah.

<<They said to him:

<<“A bamah”

<<did you say?

<<He said to them:

<<no;

<<“forbidden”

<<is what I am saying.

(And this is like Rav

<<Idi bar Avin,

<<who said)

<<Rav Idi bar Avin

<<in the name of

<<Rav Yitzchak bar Ashyan:

<<it is forbidden

<<for him,

<<for a person,

<<to do

<<his affairs

<<before

<<he prays,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Righteousness

<<before him

<<shall go,

<<and then he shall set

<<on the way

<<his steps.”

And Rav Idi bar Avin said in the name of Rav Yitzchak bar Ashyan:

<<anyone

<<who prays

<<and after

<<that

<<goes out

<<on the road,

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<does

<<for him

<<his affairs,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Righteousness

<<before him

<<shall go,

<<and He shall set

<<on the way

<<his steps.”

And Rabbi Yona said in the name of Rabbi Zeira:

<<anyone

<<who lodges

<<seven

<<days

<<without

<<a dream

<<is called

<<“evil,”

<<as it is stated:

<<“And satisfied

<<he will lodge;

<<not

<<will he be visited

<<by evil.”

<<Do not

<<read

<<“savei'a” (satisfied)

<<but rather

<<“sheva” (seven).

Said to him

<<Rav Acha (son of Rabbi Chiya bar Abba):

<<thus

<<Rabbi Chiya said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<anyone

<<who satiates

<<himself

<<with words of

<<Torah

<<and goes to sleep,

<<not

<<do they announce

<<to him

<<tidings

<<evil,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And satisfied

<<he will lodge;

<<not

<<will he be visited

<<by evil.”

“These

<<are

<<between the sections,”

<<etc.

Rabbi Abbahu said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<the halachah

<<is like Rabbi Yehuda,

<<who said:

<<between

<<“your God”

<<and “True

<<and firm”

<<not

<<should he interrupt.

<<Rabbi Abbahu said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<what is

<<the reason

<<of Rabbi Yehuda?

<<For it is written: