Rav Giddel said in the name of Rav:

<<This

<<jasmine —

<<they bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<trees of

<<fragrance.”

<<Rav Chananel said in the name of Rav:

<<These

<<willows

<<of the sea —

<<they bless

<<over them

<<“Who creates

<<trees of

<<fragrance.”

<<Mar Zutra said:

<<What

<<is the verse?

<<“And she

<<had brought them up

<<to the roof,

<<and hid them

<<among the flax

<<of the tree.”

Rav Mesharshiya

<<said:

<<This

<<narcissus

<<of the garden —

<<they bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<trees of

<<fragrance”;

<<of the field —

<<“Who creates

<<herbs of

<<fragrance.”

<<Rav Sheshes said:

<<These

<<violets —

<<they bless

<<over them

<<“Who creates

<<herbs of

<<fragrance.”

<<Mar Zutra said:

<<One who

<<smells

<<an esrog

<<or

<<a quince

<<says:

<<“Blessed is

<<He Who gave

<<a scent

<<that is good

<<in fruits.”

Rav Yehuda said:

<<One who

<<goes out

<<in the days of

<<Nissan

<<and sees

<<trees

<<that are blossoming

<<says:

<<“Blessed is [He]

<<Who did not

<<leave lacking

<<in His world

<<anything,

<<and created

<<in it

<<creatures

<<that are good

<<and trees

<<that are good,

<<for taking pleasure

<<in them

<<human beings.”

<<Rav Zutra bar Toviya said in the name of Rav:

<<From where [do we know]

<<that they bless

<<over

<<the scent?

<<As it is stated:

<<“Let every

<<soul

<<praise

<<God.”

<<What is

<<the thing

<<that the soul

<<benefits

<<from it

<<and does not

<<the body

<<benefit

<<from it?

<<You must say:

<<This is

<<the scent.

And Rav Zutra bar Toviya said in the name of Rav:

<<Destined are

<<the young men of

<<Israel

<<to give off

<<a scent

<<that is good

<<like the Lebanon,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Shall spread

<<his young shoots,

<<and shall be

<<like the olive tree

<<his beauty,

<<and fragrance

<<to him

<<like the Lebanon.”

And Rav Zutra bar Toviya said in the name of Rav:

<<What is

<<that which is written:

<<“Everything

<<He made

<<beautiful

<<in its time”?

<<It teaches

<<that each and every one —

<<made beautiful

<<for him

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<his craft

<<in his eyes.

Rav Pappa said:

<<This is

<<what say

<<people:

<<“Hang

<<for him

<<a palm heart

<<on ‘something else’ [a pig],

<<and he

<<his own [way]

<<does.”

And Rav Zutra bar Toviya said in the name of Rav:

<<A torch

<<is like two,

<<and the moon

<<like three.

<<It was asked of them:

<<A torch

<<is like two

<<together with

<<himself,

<<or

<<perhaps

<<a torch

<<is like two

<<apart

<<from himself?

<<Come and hear:

<<“And the moon

<<like three.”

<<If

<<you say,

<<granted,

<<together with

<<himself,

<<it is well.

<<But

<<if

<<you say

<<apart

<<from himself,

<<four —

<<why do I need?

<<But didn't say

<<the Master:

<<To one

<<it appears

<<and harms;

<<to two

<<it appears

<<and does not

<<harm;

<<to three

<<it does not

<<appear

<<at all.

<<Rather,

<<is it not that

<<learn from it:

<<a torch

<<is like two

<<together with

<<himself.

<<Learn from it.

And Rav Zutra bar Toviya said in the name of Rav,

<<and some say it:

<<Rav Chana bar Bizna said in the name of Rabbi Shimon the Pious,

<<and some say it:

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

<<It is better

<<for him,

<<for a person,

<<that he throw

<<himself

<<into

<<the furnace of

<<fire

<<and not

<<shame [lit. whiten]

<<the face of

<<his fellow

<<in public.

<<From where do we derive it?

<<From Tamar,

<<as it is stated:

<<“She

<<was being brought out,

<<etc.”

The Rabbis taught:

<<They brought

<<before him

<<oil

<<and myrtle —

<<Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<He blesses

<<over

<<the oil

<<and afterward

<<blesses

<<over

<<the myrtle.

<<And Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<He blesses

<<over

<<the myrtle

<<and afterward

<<blesses

<<over

<<the oil.

<<Rabban Gamliel said:

<<I

<<shall decide.

<<Oil —

<<we have merited

<<its scent

<<and we have merited

<<its anointing;

<<myrtle —

<<its scent

<<we have merited,

<<its anointing

<<not

<<have we merited.

<<Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<The halachah is

<<according to the words of

<<the one who decides.

Rav Pappa

<<happened

<<to the house of

<<Rav Huna

<<son of Rav Ika.

<<They brought

<<before them

<<oil

<<and myrtle.

<<Took [it]

<<Rav Pappa,

<<blessed

<<over the myrtle

<<first,

<<and then

<<blessed

<<over the oil.

<<He said to him:

<<Does not

<<hold

<<it

<<the Master:

<<the halachah is

<<according to the words of

<<the one who decides?

<<He said to him:

<<Thus

<<Rava said:

<<The halachah is

<<like Beis Hillel.

<<But it is not so;

<<to extricate

<<himself

<<it was

<<that he did [so].

The Rabbis taught:

<<They brought

<<before them

<<oil

<<and wine —

<<Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<He holds

<<the oil

<<in his right hand

<<and the wine

<<in his left;

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the oil

<<and goes back

<<and blesses

<<over

<<the wine.

<<Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<He holds

<<the wine

<<in his right hand

<<and the oil

<<in his left;

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the wine

<<and goes back

<<and blesses

<<over

<<the oil,

<<and smears it

<<on the head of

<<the attendant.

<<And if

<<the attendant

<<a Torah scholar

<<is,

<<he smears it

<<on the wall,

<<because

<<it is unseemly

<<for a Torah scholar

<<to go out

<<to the marketplace

<<when he is

<<perfumed.

The Rabbis taught:

<<Six

<<things

<<are unseemly

<<for him,

<<for a Torah scholar:

<<He should not

<<go out

<<when he is

<<perfumed

<<to the marketplace;

<<and he should not

<<go out

<<alone

<<at night;

<<and he should not

<<go out

<<in shoes

<<that are patched;

<<and he should not

<<converse

<<with

<<a woman

<<in the marketplace;

<<and he should not

<<recline

<<in a company

<<of

<<unlearned people;

<<and he should not

<<enter

<<last

<<to the study hall.

<<And some say:

<<Also

<<not

<<shall he stride

<<a stride

<<that is large;

<<and he should not

<<walk

<<with a stature

<<erect.

“He should not

<<go out

<<when he is

<<perfumed

<<to the marketplace”:

<<Said

<<Rabbi Abba (son of Rabbi Chiya bar Abba)

<<in the name of

<<Rabbi Yochanan:

<<In a place

<<where they are suspected

<<of

<<lying with males.

<<Rav Sheshes said:

<<Not

<<did we say this

<<except

<<on his garment;

<<but

<<on his body —

<<the sweat

<<removes

<<it.

<<Rav Pappa said:

<<And his hair —

<<like his garment

<<it is;

<<and some say it:

<<like his body

<<it is.

“And he should not

<<go out

<<alone

<<at night”:

<<because of

<<suspicion.

<<And not

<<did we say this

<<except

<<where not

<<is fixed

<<for him

<<a time;

<<but

<<[if] is fixed

<<for him

<<a time,

<<it is known

<<that to his appointment

<<he is going.

“And he should not

<<go out

<<in shoes

<<that are patched”:

<<This supports

<<the view

<<of Rabbi Chiya bar Abba,

<<for Rabbi Chiya bar Abba said:

<<It is unseemly

<<it is

<<for a Torah scholar

<<that he go out

<<in shoes

<<that are patched.

<<Is that so?!

<<But

<<Rabbi Chiya bar Abba

<<went out [in them]!

<<Mar Zutra son of Rav Nachman said:

<<[When it is] a patch

<<on top of

<<a patch.

<<And not

<<did we say this

<<except

<<on the upper part;

<<but

<<on the sole

<<we have no objection to it.

<<And on the upper part,

<<not

<<did we say this

<<except

<<on the road;

<<but

<<at home

<<we have no objection to it.

<<And not

<<did we say this

<<except

<<in the days of

<<summer;

<<but

<<in the days of

<<the rains

<<we have no objection to it.

“And he should not

<<converse

<<with

<<a woman

<<in the marketplace”:

<<Rav Chisda said:

<<And even

<<if she is

<<his wife.

<<It is taught

<<also

<<so:

<<Even

<<if she is

<<his wife,

<<and even

<<if she is

<<his daughter,

<<and even

<<if she is

<<his sister,

<<because

<<not

<<everyone

<<is familiar

<<with his relatives.

“And he should not

<<recline

<<in a company

<<of

<<unlearned people”:

<<What is the reason?

<<Perhaps

<<he will come

<<to be drawn

<<after them.

“And he should not

<<enter

<<last

<<to the study hall”:

<<because

<<they call

<<him

<<“a transgressor.”

“And some say:

<<Also

<<not

<<shall he stride

<<a stride

<<that is large”:

<<For said

<<the Master:

<<A stride

<<that is large

<<takes away

<<one

<<of five

<<hundred

<<of the light of

<<the eyes

<<of

<<a person.

<<What is

<<his remedy?

<<He should restore it

<<with the kiddush

<<of Friday night.

“And he should not

<<walk

<<with a stature

<<erect”:

<<For said

<<the Master:

<<One who walks

<<with a stature

<<erect

<<even

<<four

<<cubits —

<<it is as if

<<he pushes away

<<the feet of

<<the Shechinah,

<<as it is written:

<<“Full is

<<all

<<the earth

<<of His glory.”