He brought

<<a cup

<<that was precious,

<<worth

<<four

<<hundred

<<zuz,

<<and broke it

<<before them,

<<and they became sad.

Rav Ashi

<<made

<<a wedding feast

<<for his son;

<<he saw

<<the Rabbis

<<that they were

<<rejoicing

<<greatly.

<<He brought

<<a cup

<<of glass

<<that was white,

<<and broke it

<<before them,

<<and they became sad.

They said

<<to him,

<<the Rabbis,

<<to Rav Hamnuna Zuti,

<<at the wedding feast

<<of Mar son of Ravina:

<<Let sing

<<for us

<<the Master!

<<He said to them:

<<Woe

<<to us,

<<for we shall die!

<<Woe

<<to us,

<<for we shall die!

<<They said to him:

<<We,

<<what

<<shall we answer

<<after you?

<<He said to them:

<<Where is

<<Torah,

<<and where is

<<mitzvah

<<that will protect

<<us?

Rabbi Yochanan said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai:

<<It is forbidden

<<for a person

<<that he fill

<<with laughter

<<his mouth

<<in this world,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Then

<<will be filled

<<with laughter

<<our mouth,

<<and our tongue

<<with song.”

<<When?

<<At the time

<<that “they will say

<<among the nations:

<<Has done great things

<<Hashem

<<to do

<<with

<<these.”

<<They said

<<of him,

<<about

<<Reish Lakish,

<<that in all his days

<<not

<<did he fill

<<with laughter

<<his mouth

<<in this world,

<<from when

<<he heard it

<<from Rabbi Yochanan,

<<his teacher.

The Rabbis taught:

<<One may not

<<stand

<<to pray

<<neither

<<from within

<<judgment,

<<nor

<<from within

<<a matter of

<<halacha,

<<but

<<from within

<<a halacha

<<that is decided.

And what

<<is it like,

<<a halacha

<<that is decided?

Abaye said:

<<Like

<<this

<<of Rabbi Zeira,

<<for Rabbi Zeira said:

<<The daughters of

<<Israel

<<were stringent

<<upon

<<themselves,

<<that even if

<<they see

<<a drop of

<<blood

<<like a mustard seed,

<<they sit

<<for it

<<seven

<<clean [days].

Rava

<<said:

<<Like

<<this

<<of Rav Hoshaya,

<<for Rav Hoshaya said:

<<May act cunningly

<<a person

<<with

<<his grain

<<and bring it in

<<in the chaff

<<of it,

<<so that

<<may be

<<his animal

<<eating [it],

<<and it is exempt

<<from

<<the tithe.

And if you wish, say:

<<Like

<<this

<<of Rav Huna,

<<for Rav Huna said in the name of Rabbi Ze'eira:

<<One who lets

<<blood

<<from an animal of

<<sanctified [offerings] —

<<it is forbidden

<<for benefit,

<<and one is liable for misuse

<<with it.

The Rabbis

<<acted

<<like our Mishnah;

<<Rav Ashi

<<acted

<<like the baraisa.

The Rabbis taught:

<<One may not

<<stand

<<to pray

<<neither

<<from within

<<sadness,

<<nor

<<from within

<<laziness,

<<nor

<<from within

<<laughter,

<<nor

<<from within

<<conversation,

<<nor

<<from within

<<lightness of

<<head,

<<nor

<<from within

<<words

<<that are idle,

<<but

<<from within

<<the joy

<<of

<<a mitzvah.

And so,

<<not

<<shall take leave

<<a person

<<from his fellow

<<neither

<<from within

<<conversation,

<<nor

<<from within

<<laughter,

<<nor

<<from within

<<lightness of

<<head,

<<nor

<<from within

<<words

<<that are idle,

<<but

<<from within

<<a matter of

<<halacha.

<<For so

<<we have found

<<with the prophets,

<<the early ones,

<<that they concluded

<<their words

<<with words of

<<praise

<<and consolations.

And so

<<taught

<<Mari,

<<son of

<<the son

<<of Rav Huna,

<<son

<<of Rabbi Yirmiya bar Abba:

<<Let not

<<take leave

<<a person

<<from his fellow

<<except

<<from within

<<a matter of

<<halacha,

<<for through

<<this

<<he will remember him.

Like

<<this [incident]

<<of Rav Kahana,

<<who accompanied

<<Rav Shimi bar Ashi

<<from Pum

<<Nahara

<<until

<<the place of

<<the palm trees

<<of Bavel.

<<When

<<he arrived

<<there,

<<he said to him:

<<Master,

<<is it certain,

<<what say

<<people:

<<these

<<palm trees

<<of Bavel

<<have been there

<<from Adam

<<the first

<<and until

<<now?

He said to him:

<<You have reminded me

<<of a matter

<<of Rabbi Yosei son of Rabbi Chanina,

<<for Rabbi Yosei son of Rabbi Chanina said:

<<What is

<<that which is written:

<<“In a land

<<that

<<not

<<passed

<<through it

<<a man,

<<and not

<<dwelt

<<a person

<<there”?

<<But

<<since

<<it did not

<<pass,

<<how

<<could he dwell?

<<Rather,

<<to say

<<to you:

<<every

<<land

<<that decreed

<<upon it

<<Adam

<<the first

<<for settlement

<<became settled;

<<and every

<<land

<<that not

<<decreed

<<upon it

<<Adam

<<the first

<<for settlement

<<not

<<became settled.

Rav Mordechai

<<accompanied

<<Rav Shimi bar Ashi

<<from Hagronya

<<and until

<<Bei Keifei;

<<and some say

<<[it was]

<<until

<<Bei Dura.

The Rabbis taught:

<<One who prays

<<needs

<<that he direct

<<his heart

<<to heaven.

<<Abba Shaul

<<says:

<<A sign

<<for the matter:

<<“You will prepare

<<their heart;

<<You will incline

<<Your ear.”

It is taught:

<<Rabbi Yehuda said:

<<Thus

<<was

<<the custom

<<of

<<Rabbi Akiva:

<<when he would

<<pray

<<with

<<the congregation,

<<he would

<<shorten

<<and go up,

<<because of

<<the burden of

<<the congregation;

<<and when he would

<<pray

<<between him

<<and

<<himself,

<<a person

<<would leave him

<<in a corner,

<<this one,

<<and find him

<<in a corner,

<<another.

<<And all

<<this much,

<<why?

<<Because of

<<bowings

<<and prostrations.

Rabbi Chiya bar Abba said:

<<Always

<<should pray

<<a person

<<in a house

<<that has

<<in it

<<windows,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And windows

<<open

<<for him,

<<etc.”

Might I think

<<should pray

<<a person

<<all

<<the day,

<<entire?

<<Already

<<it is stated explicitly

<<through

<<Daniel:

<<“And times

<<three,

<<etc.”

Might I think

<<from when he came

<<to the exile

<<it began?

<<Already

<<it is stated:

<<“That

<<he had been

<<doing

<<from

<<before

<<this.”

Might I think

<<should pray

<<a person

<<toward any

<<direction

<<that he wishes?

<<The verse states:

<<“(Opposite)

<<[facing]

<<Jerusalem.”

Might I think

<<he may

<<combine them

<<all at once?

<<Already

<<it is stated explicitly

<<through

<<David,

<<as it is written:

<<“Evening,

<<and morning,

<<and noon,

<<etc.”

Might I think

<<he may make heard

<<his voice

<<in his prayer?

<<Already

<<it is stated explicitly

<<through

<<Chana,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And her voice

<<could not

<<be heard.”

Might I think

<<should request

<<a person

<<his needs

<<and after

<<that

<<pray?

<<Already

<<it is stated explicitly

<<through

<<Shlomo,

<<as it is stated:

<<“To listen

<<to

<<the song

<<and to

<<the prayer.”

<<“Song” —

<<this is

<<prayer;

<<“prayer” —

<<this is

<<request.

<<One does not

<<say

<<a matter of

<<request

<<after

<<“True

<<and firm”;

<<but

<<after

<<the prayer,

<<even

<<like the order of

<<the confession

<<of

<<Yom Kippur

<<he may say.

It was stated

<<also:

<<Rav Chiya bar Ashi said in the name of Rav:

<<Even though

<<they said

<<asks

<<a person

<<his needs

<<in “Who hears

<<prayer,”

<<if

<<he comes

<<to say [them]

<<after

<<his prayer,

<<even

<<like the order

<<of

<<Yom Kippur

<<he may say.

Rav Hamnuna said:

<<How many

<<halachos

<<weighty

<<there are

<<to learn

<<from these

<<verses

<<of Chana!

<<“And Chana,

<<she

<<was speaking

<<on

<<her heart” —

<<from here,

<<one who prays

<<needs

<<that he direct

<<his heart.

<<“Only

<<her lips

<<moved” —

<<from here,

<<one who prays

<<must enunciate

<<with his lips.

<<“And her voice

<<could not

<<be heard” —

<<from here,

<<that it is forbidden

<<to raise

<<his voice

<<in his prayer.

<<“And considered her

<<Eli

<<to be drunk” —

<<from here,

<<that a drunk

<<is forbidden

<<to pray.

“And said

<<to her

<<Eli:

<<Until

<<when

<<will you be drunk?

<<etc.”

<<Rabbi Elazar said:

<<From here,

<<for one who sees

<<in his fellow