returned [it]

<<to him?!

<<He said to him:

<<No.

<<And if

<<you had

<<returned [it]

<<to him,

<<what

<<would they have

<<done

<<to you?

<<He said to him:

<<They would have

<<cut off

<<my head

<<with a sword.

<<He said to him:

<<But are not

<<the words

<<a kal vachomer:

<<if

<<you,

<<who were

<<standing

<<before

<<a king of

<<flesh

<<and blood,

<<who today

<<is here

<<and tomorrow

<<in the grave,

<<so;

<<I,

<<who was

<<standing

<<before

<<the King of

<<the kings of

<<kings,

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<who

<<lives

<<and endures

<<forever

<<and to the ages of

<<ages,

<<how much more so!

Immediately

<<was appeased

<<that

<<officer,

<<and departed

<<that

<<pious man

<<to his home

<<in peace.

“Even

<<a snake

<<wound

<<around

<<his heel,

<<he should not

<<interrupt.”

<<Rav Sheshes said:

<<They did not

<<teach [this]

<<except

<<regarding a snake,

<<but

<<a scorpion —

<<he interrupts.

They raised an objection:

<<If he fell

<<into a den of

<<lions,

<<not

<<do they testify

<<about him

<<that he died.

<<If he fell

<<into a pit

<<full of

<<snakes

<<and scorpions,

<<they testify

<<about him

<<that he died!

It is different

<<there,

<<for through

<<the crowding

<<they harm.

Rabbi Yitzchak said:

<<If he saw

<<oxen,

<<he interrupts.

<<For taught

<<Rav Hoshaya:

<<They keep away

<<from an ox

<<tam

<<fifty

<<cubits,

<<and from an ox

<<muad

<<as far as the sight of

<<his eyes.

It was taught

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Meir:

<<The head of

<<the ox

<<in the feed basket —

<<go up

<<to the roof

<<and throw down

<<the ladder

<<from under you.

<<Shmuel said:

<<These

<<words

<<apply to an ox

<<black

<<and in the days of

<<Nissan,

<<because

<<the Satan

<<dances

<<for it

<<between

<<its horns.

The Rabbis taught:

<<An incident

<<in a place

<<one

<<where there was

<<an arvad,

<<and it was

<<harming

<<the people.

<<They came

<<and informed

<<him,

<<Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa, of it.

<<He said to them:

<<Show

<<me

<<its hole!

<<They showed him

<<its hole.

<<He placed

<<his heel

<<on

<<the mouth of

<<the hole;

<<it came out

<<and bit him,

<<and died

<<that

<<arvad.

He took it

<<on

<<his shoulder

<<and brought it

<<to the study hall.

<<He said to them:

<<See,

<<my sons:

<<not

<<the arvad

<<kills,

<<but

<<the sin

<<kills.

At that

<<hour

<<they said:

<<Woe

<<to him,

<<to the person

<<whom encountered

<<him

<<an arvad,

<<and woe

<<to him,

<<to the arvad

<<whom encountered

<<him

<<Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa.

MISHNAH:

<<They mention

<<the might of

<<rain

<<in the Resurrection of

<<the Dead,

<<and the request [for rain]

<<in the blessing of

<<the years,

<<and havdalah

<<in “Who graciously grants

<<knowledge.”

<<Rabbi Akiva

<<says:

<<He says it

<<as a blessing

<<fourth

<<by

<<itself.

<<Rabbi Eliezer

<<says:

<<in the Thanksgiving.

GEMARA:

<<“They mention

<<the might of

<<rain”:

<<What is the reason?

Rav Yosef said:

<<Since

<<it is equivalent

<<to the resurrection of

<<the dead,

<<therefore

<<they fixed it

<<in the Resurrection of

<<the Dead.

“And the request

<<in the blessing of

<<the years”:

<<What is the reason?

Rav Yosef said:

<<Since

<<it is

<<livelihood,

<<therefore

<<they fixed it

<<in the blessing of

<<livelihood.

“Havdalah

<<in ‘Who graciously grants

<<knowledge’”:

<<What is the reason?

Rav Yosef said:

<<Since

<<it is

<<wisdom,

<<they fixed it

<<in the blessing of

<<wisdom.

<<And the Rabbis

<<say:

<<Since

<<it is

<<the weekday,

<<therefore

<<they fixed it

<<in the blessing of

<<the weekday.

Rav Ami said:

<<Great is

<<knowledge,

<<for it was placed

<<at the start of

<<the blessings

<<of

<<the weekday.

And Rav Ami said:

<<Great is

<<knowledge,

<<for it was placed

<<between

<<two

<<letters,

<<as it is stated:

<<“For

<<a God of

<<knowledge

<<is Hashem.”

<<And anyone

<<who

<<has not

<<in him

<<knowledge,

<<it is forbidden

<<to have mercy

<<on him,

<<as it is stated:

<<“For

<<not

<<a people of

<<understanding

<<is it;

<<therefore

<<will not

<<have mercy on it

<<its Maker.”

Rabbi Elazar said:

<<Great is

<<the Sanctuary,

<<for it was placed

<<between

<<two

<<letters,

<<as it is stated:

<<“You have made,

<<Hashem;

<<the Sanctuary,

<<my Lord.”

And Rabbi Elazar said:

<<Any

<<person

<<who has

<<in him

<<knowledge,

<<it is as if

<<was built

<<the Temple

<<in his days.

<<Knowledge

<<was placed

<<between

<<two

<<letters;

<<the Sanctuary

<<was placed

<<between

<<two

<<letters.

Challenged

<<it

<<Rav Acha Karchina’ah:

<<But if so,

<<great is

<<vengeance,

<<for it was placed

<<between

<<two

<<letters,

<<as it is stated:

<<“A God of

<<vengeance

<<is Hashem”!

He said to him:

<<Yes,

<<in its place

<<at least

<<great

<<it is.

<<And this is

<<what said

<<Ulla:

<<Two

<<vengeances,

<<these,

<<why?

<<One

<<for good,

<<and one

<<for bad.

<<For good,

<<as it is written:

<<“He shone forth

<<from Mount

<<Paran.”

<<For bad,

<<as it is written:

<<“A God of

<<vengeance,

<<Hashem,

<<God of

<<vengeance,

<<shine forth!”

Rabbi Akiva

<<says:

<<“He says it

<<as a blessing

<<fourth,

<<etc.”

Rav Shemen bar Abba said to Rabbi Yochanan:

<<Since

<<the Men of the Great Assembly

<<instituted

<<for them,

<<for Israel,

<<blessings

<<and prayers,

<<sanctifications

<<and havdalos,

<<let us see

<<where

<<they instituted [them].

He said to him:

<<At first

<<they fixed it

<<in the prayer.

<<They became rich —

<<they fixed it

<<over

<<the cup.

<<They became poor —

<<they went back

<<and fixed it

<<in the prayer.

<<And they

<<said:

<<One who makes havdalah

<<in the prayer

<<needs

<<to make havdalah

<<over

<<the cup.

It was stated

<<also:

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

<<The Men of the Great Assembly

<<instituted

<<for them,

<<for Israel,

<<blessings

<<and prayers,

<<sanctifications

<<and havdalos.

<<At first

<<they fixed it

<<in the prayer.

<<They became rich —

<<they fixed it

<<over

<<the cup.

<<They again

<<became poor —

<<they fixed it

<<in the prayer.

<<And they

<<said:

<<One who makes havdalah

<<in the prayer

<<needs

<<to make havdalah

<<over

<<the cup.

It was stated

<<also:

<<Rabbah

<<and Rav Yosef,

<<who say

<<both of them:

<<One who makes havdalah

<<in the prayer

<<needs

<<to make havdalah

<<over

<<the cup.

Rava said:

<<And we raised an objection

<<to our teaching:

<<If he erred

<<and did not

<<mention

<<the might of

<<rain

<<in the Resurrection of

<<the Dead,

<<or the request

<<in the blessing of

<<the years,

<<they make return

<<him;

<<but havdalah

<<in “Who graciously grants

<<knowledge” —

<<not

<<do they make return

<<him,

<<because

<<he can

<<say it

<<over

<<the cup.

Do not

<<say:

<<“because

<<he can

<<say it

<<over

<<the cup,”

<<but

<<say:

<<“because

<<he says it

<<over

<<the cup.”

It was stated

<<also:

<<Rabbi Binyamin bar Yefes said:

<<Asked

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<of Rabbi Yochanan

<<in Tzaidan,

<<and some say

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Yaakov

<<of Tzor

<<of Rabbi Yochanan,

<<and I

<<heard:

<<One who makes havdalah

<<in the prayer,

<<does he need

<<to make havdalah

<<over

<<the cup,

<<or

<<not?

<<And he said to him:

<<He needs

<<to make havdalah

<<over

<<the cup.

It was asked of them:

<<One who makes havdalah

<<over

<<the cup,

<<what is [the law]

<<that he make havdalah

<<in the prayer?

Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said:

<<A kal vachomer

<<from prayer:

<<And just as

<<prayer,

<<which is the main

<<institution

<<it is,

<<they say:

<<One who makes havdalah

<<in the prayer

<<needs

<<to make havdalah

<<over

<<the cup —

<<one who makes havdalah

<<over

<<the cup,

<<which is not

<<the main

<<institution

<<it is,

<<all the more so!

Taught

<<Rav Acha the Tall

<<before Rav Chinana:

<<One who makes havdalah

<<in the prayer

<<is praiseworthy

<<more

<<than one who

<<makes havdalah

<<over

<<the cup.

<<And if

<<he made havdalah

<<in this

<<and in this,

<<will rest

<<for him

<<blessings

<<upon

<<his head.

This

<<itself

<<is difficult:

<<You said:

<<One who makes havdalah

<<in the prayer

<<is praiseworthy

<<more

<<than one who

<<makes havdalah

<<over

<<the cup,

<<evidently

<<prayer

<<alone

<<suffices.

<<And then

<<it teaches:

<<If

<<he made havdalah

<<in this

<<and in this,

<<will rest

<<for him

<<blessings

<<upon

<<his head.

<<But since

<<he has fulfilled

<<it

<<with one,

<<he is exempt,

<<and it becomes

<<a blessing

<<that is not

<<needed;

<<And Rav said,

<<and some say

<<Reish Lakish,

<<and some say

<<Rabbi Yochanan

<<and Reish Lakish,

<<who say

<<both of them:

<<Anyone

<<who recites

<<a blessing

<<that is not

<<needed

<<transgresses

<<because of

<<“Do not

<<take [in vain]”!

Rather,

<<say

<<thus:

<<If

<<he made havdalah

<<in this

<<and did not

<<make havdalah

<<in this,

<<will rest

<<for him

<<blessings

<<upon

<<his head.

Asked

<<of him

<<Rav Chisda

<<of Rav Sheshes:

<<If he erred

<<in this

<<and in this,

<<what is [the law]?

<<He said to him:

<<If he erred

<<in this

<<and in this,

<<he goes back

<<to the beginning.