One Master

<<holds:

<<if

<<he paused

<<long enough

<<to finish

<<the whole of it,

<<he goes back

<<to the beginning;

<<and the other Master

<<holds:

<<to the place

<<where he stopped.

Rav Ashi said:

<<this

<<“if

<<he paused” —

<<‘if

<<he did not

<<pause’

<<it should have said!

<<Rather,

<<everyone agrees:

<<if

<<he paused

<<long enough

<<to finish

<<the whole of it,

<<he goes back

<<to the beginning;

<<and there,

<<about where he did not

<<pause,

<<they disagree.

<<For one Master

<<holds:

<<a man

<<rejected

<<he is,

<<and not

<<fit,

<<and is not

<<his prayer

<<a prayer.

<<And the other Master

<<holds:

<<a man

<<fit

<<he is,

<<and his prayer

<<is a prayer.

The Rabbis taught:

<<one who needs

<<[to relieve] his orifices

<<should not

<<pray,

<<and if

<<he prayed,

<<his prayer

<<is an abomination.

<<Rav Zevid said,

<<and some say

<<Rav Yehuda:

<<they taught this only

<<when he is not

<<able

<<to hold out

<<in himself;

<<but

<<if

<<he is able

<<to hold out

<<in himself,

<<his prayer

<<is a prayer.

And until

<<how much?

<<Rav Sheshes said:

<<up to

<<a parasang.

<<There are those

<<who teach

<<it

<<on the baraisa:

<<“In what case are these words said?

<<When he is not

<<able

<<to control

<<himself;

<<but

<<if

<<he is able

<<to control

<<himself,

<<his prayer

<<is a prayer.”

<<And until

<<how much?

<<Rav Zevid said:

<<up to

<<a parasang.

Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said in the name of Rabbi Yonasan:

<<one who needs

<<[to relieve] his orifices,

<<this one

<<should not

<<pray,

<<because

<<it is stated:

<<“Prepare

<<to meet

<<your God,

<<O Israel.”

And Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said in the name of Rabbi Yonasan:

<<what is

<<that which is written:

<<“Guard

<<your foot

<<when

<<you go

<<to

<<the house of

<<God”?

<<Guard

<<yourself

<<that you not

<<sin;

<<and if

<<you sin,

<<bring

<<an offering

<<before Me.

<<“And be near

<<to hear

<<the words of

<<the wise”:

<<Rava said:

<<be

<<near

<<to hear

<<the words of

<<the wise,

<<for if

<<they sin

<<they bring

<<an offering

<<and do

<<repentance.

<<“Than giving

<<of the fools

<<a sacrifice”:

<<do not

<<be

<<like the fools

<<who sin

<<and bring

<<an offering

<<and do not

<<do

<<repentance.

“For

<<they do not

<<know

<<to do

<<evil”:

<<if so,

<<righteous ones

<<they are!

<<Rather:

<<do not

<<be

<<like the fools

<<who sin

<<and bring

<<an offering

<<and do not

<<know

<<whether

<<for

<<the good

<<they

<<bring [it]

<<or

<<for

<<the bad

<<they

<<bring [it].

<<Said

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He:

<<between

<<good

<<and bad

<<they do not

<<distinguish,

<<and they

<<bring

<<an offering

<<before Me?!

Rav Ashi,

<<and some say

<<Rabbi Chanina bar Pappa,

<<said:

<<guard

<<your orifices

<<at the time

<<that you

<<are standing

<<in prayer

<<before Me.

The Rabbis taught:

<<one who enters

<<the lavatory

<<removes

<<his tefillin

<<at a distance of

<<four

<<cubits,

<<and enters.

<<Rav Acha bar Rav Huna said in the name of Rav Sheshes:

<<they taught this only

<<a fixed lavatory;

<<but

<<a temporary lavatory,

<<he removes [them]

<<and relieves himself

<<immediately.

<<And when he

<<goes out

<<he distances [himself]

<<four

<<cubits

<<and puts them on,

<<because

<<he has made it

<<a fixed lavatory.

It was asked of them:

<<what is [the law]

<<that should enter

<<a person

<<with tefillin

<<into a fixed lavatory

<<to pass

<<water?

<<Ravina

<<permits;

<<Rav Ada bar Masna

<<forbids.

<<They came

<<and asked it

<<of Rava.

<<He said to them:

<<it is forbidden;

<<we are concerned

<<lest

<<he relieve himself

<<in them.

<<And some say:

<<lest

<<he pass wind

<<in them.

It is taught in another [baraisa]:

<<one who enters

<<a fixed lavatory

<<removes

<<his tefillin

<<at a distance of

<<four

<<cubits,

<<and places them

<<in the window

<<that is adjacent

<<to the domain of

<<the public,

<<and enters.

<<And when he

<<goes out

<<he distances [himself]

<<four

<<cubits

<<and puts them on —

<<the words of

<<Beis Shammai.

<<And Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<he holds them

<<in his hand

<<and enters.

<<Rabbi Akiva

<<says:

<<he holds them

<<in his garment

<<and enters.

“In his garment” —

<<could it enter your mind?!

<<Sometimes

<<they slip

<<away

<<and fall!

<<Rather,

<<say:

<<he holds them

<<in his garment

<<and in his hand,

<<and enters.

And he places them

<<in the holes

<<adjacent

<<to the lavatory,

<<and he should not

<<place them

<<in the holes

<<adjacent

<<to the public domain,

<<lest

<<should take

<<them

<<passersby,

<<and he come

<<under suspicion.

And an incident

<<with a student,

<<one,

<<who placed

<<his tefillin

<<in the holes

<<adjacent

<<to the public domain,

<<and there came

<<a harlot,

<<one,

<<and took them,

<<and came

<<to the study hall

<<and said:

<<“See

<<what

<<gave

<<me

<<so-and-so

<<as my wage!”

<<When

<<heard

<<that

<<student

<<this,

<<he went up

<<to the top of

<<the roof

<<and fell

<<and died.

<<At that

<<hour

<<they instituted

<<that he should

<<hold them

<<in his garment

<<and in his hand,

<<and enter.

The Rabbis taught:

<<at first

<<they would

<<place

<<tefillin

<<in the holes

<<adjacent

<<to the lavatory,

<<and would come

<<mice

<<and take

<<them.

<<They instituted

<<that they should

<<place

<<them

<<in the windows

<<adjacent

<<to the public domain;

<<and would come

<<passersby

<<and take

<<them.

<<They instituted

<<that he should

<<hold them

<<in his hand

<<and enter.

Said

<<Rabbi Meyasha (son of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi):

<<the halacha is:

<<he rolls them

<<like a kind of

<<scroll

<<and holds them

<<in his right hand

<<opposite

<<his heart.

<<Rav Yosef bar Minyomi said in the name of Rav Nachman:

<<provided

<<that not

<<there be

<<a strap

<<hanging out

<<from beneath

<<his hand

<<a handbreadth.

Rabbi Yaakov bar Acha said in the name of Rabbi Zeira:

<<they taught this only

<<where there is

<<time

<<in the day

<<to put them on;

<<but

<<[where] there is not

<<time

<<in the day

<<to put them on,

<<he makes

<<for them

<<a kind of

<<pouch

<<of a handbreadth

<<and places them [in it].

Rabbah bar bar Chana said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<by day

<<he rolls them

<<like a kind of

<<scroll

<<and places them

<<in his hand

<<opposite

<<his heart;

<<and at night

<<he makes

<<for them

<<a kind of

<<pouch

<<of a handbreadth

<<and places them [in it].

Abaye said:

<<they taught this only

<<in a vessel

<<that is

<<their [own] vessel;

<<but

<<in a vessel

<<that is not

<<their [own] vessel,

<<even

<<less

<<than a handbreadth.

Mar Zutra said,

<<and some say

<<Rav Ashi:

<<know [it],

<<for indeed

<<small flasks

<<protect [their contents]

<<in the tent

<<of a corpse.

Rabbah bar bar Chana said:

<<when

<<we would

<<walk

<<after

<<Rabbi Yochanan,

<<when

<<he would

<<want

<<to enter

<<the lavatory,

<<when

<<he would be

<<holding

<<a book

<<of aggada

<<he would

<<give [it]

<<to us;

<<when

<<he would be

<<holding

<<tefillin,

<<not

<<would he

<<give [them]

<<to us.

<<He said:

<<since

<<they permitted them,

<<the Rabbis,