Perhaps

<<they will remove

<<you.

<<He said to her:

<<Let [him] use,

<<a person,

<<for one day

<<a cup

<<of value,

<<and tomorrow

<<let it break.

<<She said to him:

<<There is not

<<to you

<<white hair.

<<That

<<day

<<aged

<<eighteen

<<years

<<he was;

<<there was wrought

<<for him

<<a miracle,

<<and they turned

<<for him

<<eighteen

<<rows of

<<white hair.

<<This is

<<what said

<<Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya:

<<“Behold,

<<I am

<<like a man of

<<seventy

<<years,”

<<and not

<<“a man of

<<seventy

<<years.”

It was taught:

<<That

<<day

<<they removed

<<the guard of

<<the door,

<<and was given

<<to them

<<permission,

<<to the students,

<<to enter.

<<For was

<<Rabban Gamliel

<<announcing

<<and saying:

<<Any

<<student

<<whose

<<inside is not

<<like his outside

<<shall not

<<enter

<<the study hall.

That

<<day

<<were added

<<several

<<benches.

<<Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<Disagree

<<about it

<<Abba Yosef ben Dostai

<<and the Rabbis.

<<One

<<says:

<<there were added

<<four

<<hundred

<<benches;

<<and one

<<says:

<<seven

<<hundred

<<benches.

<<Was

<<becoming

<<weak

<<the spirit

<<of Rabban Gamliel.

<<He said:

<<Perhaps,

<<God forbid,

<<I withheld

<<Torah

<<from Israel!

<<They showed

<<him

<<in his dream

<<jugs,

<<white ones,

<<that were full of

<<ashes.

<<But it was

<<not so:

<<that,

<<to settle

<<his mind,

<<it was

<<that they showed

<<him.

It was taught:

<<Eduyos

<<on that

<<day

<<was taught.

<<And every

<<place

<<that we say

<<“on that

<<day,”

<<that

<<day

<<it was.

<<And not

<<was there

<<a halacha

<<that was

<<hanging [in doubt]

<<in the study hall

<<that not

<<they explained it.

<<And even

<<Rabban Gamliel

<<did not

<<withhold

<<himself

<<from the study hall

<<even

<<a single hour.

As we learned:

<<On that

<<day

<<came

<<Yehuda,

<<a convert,

<<an Ammonite,

<<before them

<<in the study hall.

<<He said to them:

<<What

<<am I

<<as to entering

<<into the congregation?

Rabban Gamliel said to him:

<<Forbidden

<<are you

<<to enter

<<into the congregation.

<<Rabbi Yehoshua said to him:

<<Permitted

<<are you

<<to enter

<<into the congregation.

<<Rabban Gamliel said to him:

<<But has not

<<already

<<it been stated:

<<“Not

<<shall enter

<<an Ammonite

<<or a Moabite

<<into the congregation of

<<Hashem”?

<<Rabbi Yehoshua said to him:

<<And are

<<Ammon

<<and Moav

<<in their place

<<that they

<<dwell?

<<Already

<<went up

<<Sancheriv,

<<king of

<<Assyria,

<<and mixed up

<<all

<<the nations,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And I have removed

<<the borders of

<<peoples,

<<and their treasures

<<I have plundered,

<<and I have brought down

<<like a mighty one

<<the inhabitants.”

<<And whatever

<<separates,

<<from the majority

<<it separates.

Rabban Gamliel said to him:

<<But has not

<<already

<<it been stated:

<<“And after

<<that

<<I will return

<<the captivity of

<<the children of

<<Ammon,

<<says

<<Hashem,”

<<and already

<<they have returned!

Rabbi Yehoshua said to him:

<<But has not

<<already

<<it been stated:

<<“And I will return

<<the captivity of

<<My people

<<Israel,”

<<and still

<<not

<<have they returned.

<<Immediately

<<they permitted him

<<to enter

<<into the congregation.

Rabban Gamliel said:

<<Since

<<thus

<<it is,

<<I will go

<<and appease him,

<<Rabbi Yehoshua.

<<When

<<he reached

<<his house,

<<he saw

<<the walls

<<of his house

<<that they were blackened.

<<He said to him:

<<From the walls of

<<your house

<<you

<<are recognizable,

<<that a charcoal-maker

<<you are.

<<He said to him:

<<Woe

<<to it,

<<to the generation

<<that you are

<<its leader,

<<for not

<<do you

<<know

<<of the distress

<<of

<<Torah scholars,

<<by what

<<they

<<make a living

<<and by what

<<they

<<are fed.

He said to him:

<<I have been humbled

<<before you;

<<forgive

<<me.

<<Not

<<did he pay attention

<<to him.

<<[He said:] Do it

<<for the sake of

<<the honor of

<<Father.

<<He was appeased.

They said:

<<Who

<<will go

<<and tell

<<them,

<<the Rabbis?

<<Said to them

<<that

<<launderer:

<<I

<<will go.

<<Sent

<<to them

<<Rabbi Yehoshua

<<to the study hall:

<<One who

<<wears

<<the garment,

<<let him wear

<<the garment;

<<and one who

<<does not

<<wear

<<the garment,

<<shall he say

<<to him,

<<to the one who

<<wears

<<the garment:

<<Take off

<<your garment

<<and I

<<will wear it?!

<<Rabbi Akiva said to them

<<to the Rabbis:

<<Lock

<<the gates,

<<so that not

<<will come

<<the servants

<<of Rabban Gamliel

<<and distress

<<the Rabbis.

Rabbi Yehoshua said:

<<It is better

<<that I get up

<<and go

<<myself

<<to them.

<<He came

<<and knocked

<<on the door.

<<He said to them:

<<A sprinkler

<<son of

<<a sprinkler

<<shall sprinkle;

<<and one who is

<<not

<<a sprinkler

<<and not

<<son of

<<a sprinkler,

<<shall he say

<<to a sprinkler

<<son of

<<a sprinkler:

<<your water

<<is water of

<<a cave

<<and your ashes

<<are ashes of

<<a stove (lit. roasting)?!

<<Rabbi Akiva said to him:

<<Rabbi Yehoshua,

<<have you been appeased?

<<Nothing

<<did we do

<<except

<<for the sake of

<<your honor.

<<Tomorrow

<<I

<<and you

<<will rise early

<<to his door.

They said:

<<How

<<shall we act?

<<Shall we remove him?

<<It is learned [as tradition]:

<<we raise up

<<in holiness

<<and do not

<<lower.

<<Shall expound

<<one Master

<<one

<<Shabbos

<<and the other Master

<<one

<<Shabbos?

<<It will come

<<to jealousy.

<<Rather:

<<let expound

<<Rabban Gamliel

<<three

<<Shabbosos,

<<and Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

<<one

<<Shabbos.

<<And this is

<<that said

<<the Master:

<<“The Shabbos

<<of

<<whom

<<was it?

<<Of

<<Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

<<it was.”

<<And that

<<student

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai

<<was.

“And that of

<<the Mussafim

<<all

<<day.”

<<Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<And he is called

<<“a sinner.”

The Rabbis taught:

<<If there were

<<before him

<<two

<<prayers,

<<one

<<of

<<Mincha

<<and one

<<of

<<Mussaf,

<<he prays

<<that of

<<Mincha

<<and after

<<that

<<he prays

<<that of

<<Mussaf,

<<for this one

<<is frequent

<<and that one

<<is not

<<frequent.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<He prays

<<that of

<<Mussaf

<<and after

<<that

<<he prays

<<that of

<<Mincha,

<<for this one

<<is a mitzvah

<<that passes,

<<and that one

<<is a mitzvah

<<that does not

<<pass.

<<Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<The halacha is:

<<he prays

<<that of

<<Mincha

<<and after

<<that

<<he prays

<<that of

<<Mussaf.

Rabbi Zeira,

<<when

<<he was

<<weary

<<from his study,

<<would

<<go

<<and sit

<<at the entrance

<<of the house of

<<Rabbi Nasan bar Tovi.

<<He said:

<<When

<<pass by

<<the Rabbis,

<<then

<<I will rise

<<before them

<<and receive

<<reward.

<<Out went

<<and came

<<Rabbi Nasan bar Tovi;

<<he said to him:

<<Who

<<said

<<a halacha

<<in the study hall?

<<He said to him:

<<Thus

<<Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<there is no

<<halacha

<<like Rabbi Yehuda,

<<who says:

<<prays

<<a person

<<that of

<<Mussaf

<<and after

<<that

<<he prays

<<that of

<<Mincha.

He said to him:

<<Rabbi Yochanan

<<said it?

<<He said to him:

<<Yes.

<<He learned it

<<from him

<<forty

<<times.

<<He said to him:

<<Is it the one [thing]

<<it is

<<for you,

<<or

<<new

<<is it

<<to you?

<<He said to him:

<<New

<<it is

<<to me,

<<because

<<it was in doubt

<<for me

<<regarding Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi.

Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:

<<Anyone

<<who prays

<<the prayer

<<of

<<Mussaf

<<after

<<seven

<<hours,

<<according to Rabbi Yehuda,

<<about him

<<the verse

<<says:

<<“Those grieving

<<for the appointed time

<<I have gathered;

<<from you

<<they were.”

<<What

<<implies

<<that this

<<‘nugei’

<<is a term

<<of breaking

<<it is?

<<As translates

<<Rav Yosef:

<<Breaking

<<comes

<<upon

<<the enemies

<<of the house of

<<Israel,

<<because

<<they delayed

<<the times of

<<the festivals

<<in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Elazar said:

<<Anyone

<<who prays

<<the prayer

<<of

<<Shacharis

<<after

<<four

<<hours,

<<according to Rabbi Yehuda,

<<about him

<<the verse

<<says:

<<“Those grieving

<<for the appointed time

<<I have gathered;

<<from you

<<they were.”

<<What

<<implies

<<that this

<<‘nugei’

<<is a term

<<of distress

<<it is?

<<As it is written:

<<“Melts

<<my soul

<<from grief.”

<<Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak

<<said:

<<From here:

<<“Her maidens

<<are grieving,

<<and she —

<<it is bitter

<<for her.”