the lung

<<draws in

<<all

<<kinds of

<<liquids,

<<the liver

<<becomes angry,

<<the gall

<<casts

<<into it

<<a drop

<<and calms it,

<<the spleen

<<laughs,

<<the gizzard

<<grinds,

<<the stomach

<<sleeps,

<<the nose

<<wakes [it].

<<[If] wakes

<<the one who sleeps,

<<[or] sleeps

<<the one who wakes,

<<he wastes away

<<and goes on

<<[declining; lit. to him].

<<It was taught:

<<If

<<both of them

<<sleep

<<or

<<both of them

<<wake,

<<immediately

<<he dies.

It is taught:

<<Rabbi Yosei HaGelili

<<says:

<<The righteous —

<<the inclination

<<for good

<<judges them,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And my heart

<<is slain

<<within me.”

<<The wicked —

<<the inclination

<<for evil

<<judges them,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Speaks

<<transgression

<<to the wicked one

<<within

<<my heart:

<<there is no

<<fear of

<<God

<<before

<<his eyes.”

<<The middling ones —

<<this one

<<and that one

<<judge them,

<<as it is stated:

<<“For He stands

<<at the right of

<<the needy one

<<to save him

<<from those who judge

<<his soul.”

Rabbah said:

<<Such as

<<we

<<are middling ones.

<<Abaye said to him:

<<Not

<<does leave

<<the master

<<life

<<for any

<<creature!

And Rava said:

<<Not

<<was created

<<the world

<<except

<<for the wicked

<<who are complete

<<or

<<for the righteous

<<who are complete.

<<Rava said:

<<Let know

<<a person

<<about himself

<<whether

<<righteous

<<completely

<<he is

<<or

<<not.

<<Rav said:

<<Not

<<was created

<<the world

<<except

<<for Achav son of Omri

<<and for Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa:

<<for Achav son of Omri —

<<this world;

<<and for Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa —

<<the World to Come.

“And you shall love

<<Hashem

<<your God.”

<<It is taught:

<<Rabbi Eliezer

<<says:

<<If

<<it is stated

<<“with all

<<your soul,”

<<why

<<is it stated

<<“with all

<<your might”?

<<And if

<<it is stated

<<“with all

<<your might,”

<<why

<<is it stated

<<“with all

<<your soul”?

<<Rather,

<<if

<<there is

<<to you

<<a person

<<whose body

<<is dear

<<to him

<<more than his money,

<<therefore

<<it is stated

<<“with all

<<your soul”;

<<and if

<<there is

<<to you

<<a person

<<whose money

<<is dear

<<to him

<<more than his body,

<<therefore

<<it is stated

<<“with all

<<your might.”

<<Rabbi Akiva

<<says:

<<“With all

<<your soul” —

<<even

<<if He takes

<<your soul.

The Rabbis taught:

<<One

<<time

<<decreed

<<the kingdom

<<that is wicked

<<that not

<<should engage

<<Israel

<<in Torah.

<<Came

<<Pappus ben Yehuda

<<and found [him],

<<Rabbi Akiva,

<<that he was

<<gathering

<<assemblies

<<in public

<<and engaging

<<in Torah.

<<He said to him:

<<Akiva,

<<not

<<are you

<<afraid

<<because of

<<the kingdom?

He said to him:

<<I will tell [lit. liken]

<<you

<<a parable:

<<To what

<<is the matter

<<similar?

<<To a fox

<<that was

<<walking

<<along

<<the bank [lit. back] of

<<the river,

<<and he saw

<<fish

<<that were

<<gathering

<<from place

<<to place.

<<He said to them:

<<Because of

<<what

<<are you

<<fleeing?

<<They said to him:

<<Because of

<<the nets

<<that bring

<<upon us

<<human beings.

<<He said to them:

<<Is it your will

<<that you come up

<<onto the dry land,

<<and we will live,

<<I

<<and you,

<<just as

<<lived

<<my fathers

<<with

<<your fathers?

<<They said to him:

<<You

<<are the one

<<that they say

<<about you

<<is the cleverest

<<of the animals?!

<<Not

<<clever

<<are you,

<<but

<<foolish

<<are you!

<<Now if

<<in the place of

<<our life

<<we

<<are afraid,

<<in the place of

<<our death,

<<all the more so!

<<So too

<<we:

<<now,

<<when we

<<sit

<<and engage

<<in Torah,

<<of which it is written

<<about it:

<<“For

<<it is

<<your life

<<and the length of

<<your days” —

<<so [we fear];

<<if

<<we

<<go

<<and neglect [lit. idle]

<<from it,

<<all the more so!

They said:

<<Not

<<were there

<<days

<<[even] a few

<<until

<<they seized

<<Rabbi Akiva

<<and imprisoned him

<<in the house of

<<the prisoners [i.e., prison],

<<and they seized

<<Pappus ben Yehuda

<<and imprisoned him

<<next to him.

<<He said to him:

<<Pappus,

<<who

<<brought you

<<here?

<<He said to him:

<<Fortunate are you,

<<Rabbi Akiva,

<<that you were seized

<<over

<<the words of

<<Torah!

<<Woe

<<to him,

<<to Pappus,

<<that was seized

<<over

<<matters

<<that are idle!

At the time

<<that they took out

<<Rabbi Akiva

<<to be killed,

<<the time of

<<the Shema

<<it was,

<<and they were

<<combing

<<his flesh

<<with combs

<<of

<<iron,

<<and he was

<<accepting

<<upon himself

<<the yoke of

<<the kingdom of

<<Heaven.

<<They said

<<to him,

<<his students:

<<Our teacher,

<<until

<<here [i.e., even this far]?!

<<He said to them:

<<All

<<my days

<<I was

<<troubled

<<over

<<verse

<<this,

<<“with all

<<your soul” —

<<even

<<if He takes

<<your soul.

<<I said:

<<When

<<will it come

<<into my hand

<<and I will fulfill it?

<<And now

<<that it has come

<<into my hand,

<<not

<<shall I fulfill it?

<<He was

<<prolonging

<<the “Echad,”

<<until

<<went out

<<his soul

<<with “Echad.”

<<Went out

<<a heavenly voice

<<and said:

<<“Fortunate are you,

<<Rabbi Akiva,

<<that went out

<<your soul

<<with ‘Echad.’”

They said,

<<the ministering angels,

<<before

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He:

<<This is

<<Torah,

<<and this

<<is its reward?

<<“From men,

<<by Your hand,

<<Hashem,

<<from men,

<<etc.”!

<<He said to them:

<<“Their portion

<<is in life.”

<<Went out

<<a heavenly voice

<<and said:

<<“Fortunate are you,

<<Rabbi Akiva,

<<that you

<<are prepared

<<for the life of

<<the World to Come.”

“Not

<<shall lighten

<<a person

<<his head [i.e., act with levity]

<<opposite

<<the Gate of

<<the East,

<<for it

<<is aligned

<<opposite

<<the House of

<<the Holy

<<of Holies,

<<etc.”

<<Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav:

<<Not

<<did they say [it]

<<except

<<from

<<Tzofim [Mount Scopus]

<<and inward,

<<and where he sees [it].

<<It was stated

<<also:

<<Said

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

<<thus

<<Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<Not

<<did they say [it]

<<except

<<from

<<Tzofim

<<and inward,

<<and where he sees [it],

<<and where there is no

<<fence,

<<and at the time

<<that the Shechinah

<<rests [there].

The Rabbis taught:

<<One who relieves himself

<<in Yehudah

<<should not

<<face

<<east

<<and west,

<<but rather

<<north

<<and south.

<<And in the Galil

<<he should not

<<face

<<except

<<east

<<and west.

<<And Rabbi Yosei

<<permits,

<<for would

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<say:

<<Not

<<did they prohibit

<<except

<<where he sees [it],

<<and in a place

<<where there is not

<<there

<<a fence,

<<and at the time

<<that the Shechinah

<<rests [there].

<<And the Sages

<<prohibit.

The Sages

<<are the same as

<<the first tanna!

<<There is

<<between them

<<the sides.

It is taught

<<in another:

<<One who relieves himself

<<in Yehudah

<<should not

<<face

<<east

<<and west,

<<but rather

<<north

<<and south.

<<And in the Galil,

<<north

<<and south

<<is forbidden,

<<east

<<and west

<<is permitted.

<<And Rabbi Yosei

<<permits,

<<for would

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<say:

<<Not

<<did they prohibit

<<except

<<where he sees [it].

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<At the time

<<that the Temple

<<stands,

<<it is forbidden;

<<at the time

<<that there is not

<<the Temple

<<standing,

<<it is permitted.

<<Rabbi Akiva

<<prohibits

<<in every

<<place.

Rabbi Akiva

<<is the same as

<<the first tanna!

<<There is

<<between them

<<outside

<<the Land.

Rabbah —

<<they would

<<place

<<for him

<<the bricks [of his privy]

<<east

<<and west.

<<Went

<<Abaye

<<[and] placed them

<<north

<<and south.

<<Entered

<<Rabbah

<<[and] straightened them.

<<He said:

<<Who

<<is this

<<that is distressing

<<me?

<<I

<<like Rabbi Akiva

<<hold,

<<who said:

<<In every

<<place

<<it is forbidden.