By implication,

<<that when

<<he bought

<<and went back

<<and bought,

<<all agree

<<he does not

<<need

<<to bless.

Some say:

<<Rav Huna said:

<<Not

<<did they teach [this]

<<except

<<where he did not

<<buy

<<and go back

<<and buy,

<<but

<<[if] he bought

<<and went back

<<and bought,

<<he does not

<<need

<<to bless.

<<And Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<Even

<<[if] he bought,

<<went back

<<and bought,

<<he needs

<<to bless.

<<By implication,

<<that when

<<there is

<<to him [one]

<<and he bought,

<<all agree

<<he needs

<<to bless.

They raised an objection:

<<[If] he built

<<a house

<<that is new

<<and there is not

<<to him

<<the like

<<of it,

<<[or] bought

<<vessels

<<that are new

<<and there is not

<<to him

<<the like

<<of them,

<<he needs

<<to bless.

<<[If] there is

<<to him

<<the like

<<of them,

<<he does not

<<need

<<to bless;

<<these are the words of Rabbi Meir.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<In either case

<<he needs

<<to bless.

Granted,

<<according to the version

<<that is first,

<<Rav Huna

<<is like Rabbi Meir,

<<and Rabbi Yochanan

<<is like Rabbi Yehuda.

<<But

<<according to the version

<<that is latter,

<<granted,

<<Rav Huna

<<is like Rabbi Yehuda;

<<but

<<Rabbi Yochanan,

<<who said [this],

<<like whom?

<<Not

<<like Rabbi Meir

<<and not

<<like Rabbi Yehuda!

Rabbi Yochanan could say to you:

<<The same is true [lit. it is the law]

<<that according to Rabbi Yehuda,

<<[if] he bought

<<and went back

<<and bought,

<<also

<<he needs

<<to bless.

<<And this

<<that

<<they disagree

<<over where there is

<<to him [one]

<<and he bought —

<<it is to inform you

<<the strength

<<of Rabbi Meir,

<<that even

<<[if] he bought

<<and there is

<<to him [one],

<<he does not

<<need

<<to bless;

<<and all the more so

<<[if] he bought

<<and went back

<<and bought,

<<that he does not

<<need

<<to bless.

Then let them disagree

<<over [where] he bought

<<and went back

<<and bought,

<<that he does not

<<need

<<to bless,

<<to inform you

<<the strength

<<of Rabbi Yehuda!

<<The strength

<<of leniency [lit. permission]

<<is preferable

<<to him.

“He blesses

<<over

<<the bad,

<<etc.”

What are the circumstances?

<<For example,

<<where took

<<a breach [of water]

<<his land;

<<even though

<<good

<<it is

<<for him,

<<for it brings up

<<on the land

<<silt

<<and it improves,

<<now,

<<at any rate,

<<bad

<<it is.

“And over

<<the good,

<<etc.”

What are the circumstances?

<<For example,

<<where he found

<<a lost object;

<<even though

<<bad

<<it is

<<for him,

<<for if

<<hears

<<of it

<<the king,

<<he takes

<<it

<<from him,

<<now,

<<at any rate,

<<good

<<it is.

“[If] was

<<his wife

<<pregnant,

<<and he said:

<<‘May it be [Your] will

<<that she will give birth,

<<etc.’ —

<<behold,

<<this is

<<a prayer

<<in vain.”

And is not

<<effective

<<prayer [lit. mercy]?

<<Objected

<<Rav Yosef:

<<“And afterward

<<she bore

<<a daughter,

<<and she called

<<her name

<<Dinah.”

<<What is

<<“and afterward”?

<<Rav said:

<<After

<<judged

<<Leah

<<a judgment

<<on herself

<<and said:

<<Twelve

<<tribes

<<are destined

<<to come out

<<from Yaakov;

<<six

<<have come out

<<from me

<<and four

<<from

<<the maidservants —

<<that makes

<<ten.

<<If

<<this one

<<is a male,

<<not

<<will be

<<my sister

<<Rachel

<<even like one of

<<the maidservants.

<<Immediately

<<it was turned

<<into a daughter,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And she called

<<her name

<<Dinah.”

<<Not

<<do we cite

<<the acts of

<<miracles.

If you wish, say:

<<The incident

<<of Leah

<<within

<<forty

<<days

<<was.

<<As it is taught:

<<[In the] three

<<days

<<that are first,

<<should ask

<<a person

<<for mercy

<<that it not

<<putrefy.

<<From three

<<until

<<forty,

<<he should ask

<<for mercy

<<that it be

<<a male.

<<From forty

<<days

<<until

<<three

<<months,

<<he should ask

<<for mercy

<<that it not

<<be

<<a sandal [a flattened fetus].

<<From three

<<months

<<until

<<six,

<<he should ask

<<for mercy

<<that it not

<<be

<<a stillbirth.

<<From six

<<until

<<nine,

<<he should ask

<<for mercy

<<that it come out

<<in peace.

And is

<<effective

<<prayer?

<<But didn't Rav Yitzchak son of Rav Ami say:

<<[If] the man

<<emits seed

<<first,

<<she bears

<<a female;

<<[if] the woman

<<emits seed

<<first,

<<she bears

<<a male,

<<as it is stated:

<<“A woman,

<<when

<<she emits seed

<<and bears

<<a male”!

<<With what are we dealing here?

<<For example,

<<where emitted seed

<<both of them

<<at once.

“[If] he was

<<coming

<<on the road.”

The Rabbis taught:

<<An incident

<<with Hillel the Elder,

<<who was

<<coming

<<on the road

<<and heard

<<a sound of

<<outcry

<<in the city.

<<He said:

<<Assured

<<am I

<<that not

<<is this

<<within

<<my house.

<<And about him

<<the verse

<<says:

<<“Of a report

<<that is bad

<<not

<<will he be afraid;

<<firm

<<is his heart,

<<trusting

<<in Hashem.”

<<Rava said:

<<However

<<that you expound

<<this

<<verse,

<<from its beginning

<<to its end

<<it is expounded;

<<from its end

<<to its beginning

<<it is expounded.

<<From its beginning

<<to its end

<<it is expounded:

<<“Of a report

<<that is bad

<<not

<<will he be afraid” —

<<what is the reason?

<<“Firm

<<is his heart,

<<trusting

<<in Hashem.”

<<From its end

<<to its beginning

<<it is expounded:

<<“Firm

<<is his heart,

<<trusting

<<in Hashem —

<<of a report

<<that is bad

<<not

<<will he be afraid.”

A certain

<<student

<<who was

<<walking

<<behind

<<Rabbi Yishmael son of Rabbi Yosei

<<in the marketplace

<<of Zion.

<<He saw him

<<that he

<<was afraid.

<<He said to him:

<<A sinner

<<are you,

<<as it is written:

<<“Are afraid

<<in Zion

<<the sinners.”

<<He said to him:

<<But isn't it written:

<<“Fortunate is

<<the man

<<who fears

<<always”!

<<He said to him:

<<That one

<<about words of Torah

<<is written.

Yehuda bar Nassan

<<was

<<walking along [lit. taking and going]

<<behind

<<Rav Hamnuna.

<<He sighed.

<<He said to him:

<<Suffering

<<does want

<<that

<<man [i.e., you]

<<to bring

<<upon himself?

<<As it is written:

<<“For

<<a fear

<<I feared,

<<and it came upon me,

<<and what

<<I dreaded

<<has come

<<to me”!

<<But surely

<<it is written:

<<“Fortunate is

<<the man

<<who fears

<<always”!

<<That one

<<about words of Torah

<<is written.

“One who enters

<<a large city.”

The Rabbis taught:

<<Upon his entering,

<<what

<<does he say?

<<“May it be [Your] will

<<before You,

<<Hashem

<<my God,

<<that You bring me in

<<to the city,

<<this one,

<<in peace.”

<<He entered —

<<he says:

<<“Thankful

<<am I

<<before You,

<<Hashem

<<my God,

<<that You brought me in

<<to the city,

<<this one,

<<in peace.”

<<He sought

<<to go out —

<<he says:

<<“May it be [Your] will

<<before You,

<<Hashem

<<my God

<<and the God of

<<my fathers,

<<that You bring me out

<<from the city,

<<this one,

<<in peace.”

<<He went out —

<<he says:

<<“Thankful

<<am I

<<before You,

<<Hashem

<<my God,

<<that You brought me out

<<from the city,

<<this one,

<<in peace.

<<And just as

<<You brought me out

<<in peace,

<<so

<<lead me

<<in peace,

<<and support me

<<in peace,

<<and make me step

<<in peace,

<<and save me

<<from the hand of

<<every

<<enemy

<<and ambusher

<<on the way.”

Rav Masna said:

<<Not

<<did they teach [this]

<<except

<<in a city

<<where they do not

<<judge

<<and execute

<<in it,

<<but

<<in a city

<<where they judge

<<and execute

<<in it,

<<we have no concern with it [lit. there is not to us in it].

Some say:

<<Rav Masna said:

<<Even

<<in a city

<<where they judge

<<and execute

<<in it,

<<sometimes

<<that not

<<happens upon

<<him

<<a person

<<who will argue [lit. learn]

<<for him

<<merit.

The Rabbis taught:

<<One who enters

<<the bathhouse

<<says:

<<“May it be [Your] will

<<before You,

<<Hashem

<<my God,

<<that You save me

<<from this

<<and from the like

<<of it,

<<and let not

<<befall

<<me

<<a matter of

<<mishap

<<or iniquity.

<<And if

<<befalls

<<me

<<a matter of

<<mishap

<<or iniquity,

<<may be

<<my death

<<an atonement

<<for all

<<my iniquities.”

Abaye said:

<<Not

<<should say

<<a person

<<thus,

<<so that not

<<will he open

<<his mouth

<<to the Satan.

<<For Reish Lakish said,

<<and so

<<it was taught

<<in the name

<<of Rav Yosei:

<<Always

<<not

<<should open

<<a person

<<his mouth

<<to the Satan.

Rav Yosef said:

<<What is

<<the verse?

<<As it is written:

<<“Almost

<<like Sodom

<<we were;

<<to Gomorrah

<<we were likened.”

<<What

<<answered

<<them

<<the prophet?

<<“Hear

<<the word of

<<Hashem,

<<officers of

<<Sodom,

<<etc.”

When

<<he comes out,

<<what

<<does he say?

<<Rav Acha said:

<<“Thankful

<<am I

<<before You,

<<Hashem,

<<that You saved me

<<from

<<the fire.”

Rabbi Abbahu

<<entered

<<the bathhouse.

<<Collapsed

<<the bathhouse

<<beneath him;

<<was performed

<<for him

<<a miracle:

<<he stood

<<on

<<a pillar

<<[and] saved

<<a hundred

<<and one

<<men

<<with one

<<arm [lit. limb] of his.

<<He said:

<<This is

<<[the statement] of Rav Acha.

For Rav Acha said:

<<One who enters

<<to let

<<blood

<<says:

<<“May it be [Your] will

<<before You,

<<Hashem

<<my God,

<<that will be

<<undertaking

<<this

<<for me

<<for healing,

<<and that You heal me.

<<For

<<a God

<<who heals,

<<faithful,

<<are You,

<<and Your healing

<<is true;

<<because

<<not

<<is it the way

<<of

<<human beings

<<to heal,

<<except

<<that they have become accustomed.”

Abaye said:

<<Not

<<should say

<<a person

<<thus,

<<for it was taught

<<in the school of Rabbi Yishmael:

<<“And he shall surely [lit. heal]

<<heal” —

<<from here

<<that was given

<<permission

<<to the physician

<<to heal.

When

<<he stands up,

<<what

<<does he say?

<<Rav Acha said:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who heals

<<for free.”