It is taught:

<<Ben Azzai

<<says:

<<On

<<any

<<bed

<<lie,

<<except

<<for

<<the ground;

<<on

<<any

<<seat

<<sit,

<<except

<<for

<<a beam.

<<Shmuel said:

<<Sleep

<<at the break [lit. pillar] of

<<dawn

<<is like tempering

<<for iron;

<<relieving oneself [lit. going out]

<<at the break of

<<dawn

<<is like tempering

<<for iron.

Bar Kappara

<<would

<<sell

<<sayings

<<for dinars:

<<While

<<you are hungry,

<<eat;

<<while

<<you are thirsty,

<<drink;

<<while

<<is boiling

<<your pot,

<<pour out.

<<[When] the horn

<<is sounded

<<in Rome,

<<son

<<of a seller of

<<figs,

<<the figs

<<of your father

<<sell.

Abaye said to them

<<to the Rabbis:

<<When

<<you go in

<<on the paths

<<of Mechoza

<<to go out

<<by them

<<to the field,

<<do not

<<look

<<not

<<to this

<<side

<<and not

<<to that

<<side,

<<lest

<<there are sitting

<<women,

<<and it is not

<<proper conduct

<<to gaze

<<at them.

Rav Safra

<<entered

<<the bathroom.

<<Came

<<Rabbi Abba

<<[and] cleared his throat

<<for him

<<at the door.

<<He said to him:

<<Let enter

<<the master.

<<After

<<he came out,

<<he said to him:

<<Until

<<now

<<not

<<had you entered

<<Seir,

<<and you have learned

<<for yourself

<<the ways

<<of Seir!

<<Is it not

<<thus

<<we learned:

<<A fire

<<there was

<<there,

<<and a bathroom

<<of

<<honor.

<<And this

<<was

<<its honor:

<<[if] he found it

<<locked,

<<it is known

<<that there is

<<there

<<a person;

<<[if] he found it

<<open,

<<it is known

<<that there is not

<<there

<<a person.

<<Evidently,

<<not

<<proper conduct

<<is it!

And he

<<held:

<<dangerous

<<it is.

<<As it is taught:

<<Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel

<<says:

<<A column [of excrement]

<<that returns [i.e., is held back]

<<brings

<<a person

<<into

<<dropsy;

<<a stream [of urine]

<<that returns

<<brings

<<a person

<<into

<<jaundice.

Rabbi Elazar

<<entered

<<the bathroom.

<<Came

<<a certain

<<Roman

<<[and] pushed him.

<<Stood up

<<Rabbi Elazar

<<and went out.

<<Came

<<a serpent

<<[and] pulled out

<<his intestines [lit. his rectum].

<<Recited

<<about him

<<Rabbi Elazar:

<<“And I will give

<<man [adam]

<<in your place”;

<<do not

<<read

<<“adam”

<<but rather

<<“Edom.”

“And he said

<<to kill you,

<<and it had pity

<<on you.”

“And he said”?

<<“And I said”

<<it should have said!

<<“And it had pity”?

<<“And I had pity”

<<it should have said!

<<Rabbi Elazar said:

<<David said to Shaul:

<<By

<<the Torah,

<<one liable to be killed [lit. a son of killing]

<<are you,

<<for

<<a pursuer

<<are you,

<<and the Torah

<<said:

<<[If] one comes

<<to kill you,

<<rise early

<<to kill him.

<<But

<<the modesty

<<that was

<<in you —

<<it

<<had pity

<<on you.

And what

<<is it?

<<As it is written:

<<“And he came

<<to

<<the sheepfolds [lit. fences] of

<<the flock

<<on

<<the road,

<<and there

<<was a cave,

<<and came

<<Shaul

<<to cover

<<his feet.”

<<It was taught:

<<A fence

<<inside

<<of

<<a fence,

<<and a cave

<<inside

<<of a cave,

<<to cover [himself].

<<Rabbi Elazar said:

<<It teaches

<<that he covered

<<himself

<<like a sukkah.

“And arose

<<David

<<and cut off

<<the corner of

<<the robe

<<that

<<was Shaul's

<<secretly.”

<<Rabbi Yosei son of Rabbi Chanina said:

<<Anyone

<<who treats with disgrace

<<garments,

<<in the end

<<does not

<<benefit

<<from them,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And the king,

<<David,

<<was old,

<<advanced

<<in days,

<<and they covered him

<<with garments,

<<and not

<<would it be warm

<<for him.”

“If

<<Hashem

<<has incited you

<<against me,

<<let Him smell

<<an offering.”

<<Rabbi Elazar said:

<<Said to him

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<to David:

<<“Inciter”

<<you call

<<Me?

<<Behold,

<<I

<<will make you stumble

<<in a matter

<<that even

<<schoolchildren

<<know

<<it.

<<As it is written:

<<“When

<<you take

<<the count [lit. the head]

<<of the Children of Israel

<<according to their numbers,

<<then they shall give

<<each man

<<the ransom of

<<his soul,

<<etc.”

<<Immediately:

<<“And stood up

<<a Satan

<<against

<<Israel,”

<<and it is written:

<<“And he incited

<<David

<<against them,

<<saying:

<<Go,

<<count

<<Israel.”

<<And since

<<he counted them,

<<not

<<did he take

<<from them

<<ransom,

<<as it is written:

<<“And gave

<<Hashem

<<a plague

<<in Israel

<<from the morning

<<and until

<<the time

<<appointed.”

What is

<<“the time

<<appointed”?

<<Said

<<Shmuel Sava (son-in-law of Rabbi Chanina),

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Chanina:

<<From the time of

<<the slaughter of

<<the tamid

<<until

<<the time of

<<its sprinkling.

<<Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<Until

<<midday

<<exactly.

“And he said

<<to the angel

<<who destroyed

<<among the people:

<<Enough [rav]!”

<<Rabbi Elazar said:

<<Said to him

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<to the angel:

<<Take

<<for Me

<<the great one [rav]

<<among them,

<<for there is

<<through him

<<to exact payment

<<from them

<<many

<<debts.

<<At that

<<hour

<<died

<<Avishai ben Tzeruyah,

<<who was equal

<<to the majority

<<of

<<the Sanhedrin.

“And as He was destroying,

<<saw

<<Hashem

<<and relented.”

<<What

<<did He see?

Rav said:

<<He saw

<<Yaakov

<<our forefather,

<<as it is written:

<<“And said

<<Yaakov

<<when

<<he saw them.”

<<And Shmuel

<<said:

<<The ashes

<<of

<<Yitzchak

<<He saw,

<<as it is stated:

<<“God

<<will see

<<for Himself

<<the lamb.”

Rabbi Yitzchak Nappacha

<<said:

<<The money of

<<atonement

<<He saw,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And you shall take

<<the money of

<<the atonement

<<from

<<the Children of

<<Israel,

<<etc.”

<<Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<The Temple

<<He saw,

<<as it is written:

<<“On the mountain of

<<Hashem

<<He will be seen.”

Disagree

<<about it

<<Rabbi Yaakov bar Idi

<<and Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani.

<<One

<<said:

<<the money of

<<atonement

<<He saw;

<<and one

<<said:

<<the Temple

<<He saw.

<<And it stands to reason

<<like the one

<<who said

<<the Temple

<<He saw,

<<as it is stated:

<<“That

<<will be said

<<today:

<<On the mountain of

<<Hashem

<<He will be seen.”

“Not

<<shall enter

<<a person

<<the Temple Mount

<<with his staff,

<<etc.”

<<What is

<<“kappandarya”?

<<Rava said:

<<Kappandarya —

<<as its name [i.e., a shortcut].

<<And Rav Chana bar Adda,

<<in the name

<<of Rav Sama son of Rav Mari,

<<said:

<<Like

<<what says

<<a person:

<<“While I go around

<<the rows [of houses],

<<I will enter

<<through this.”

<<Rav Nachman said in the name of Rabbah bar Avuha:

<<One who enters

<<the synagogue

<<on condition

<<that not

<<to make it

<<a shortcut

<<is permitted

<<to make it

<<a shortcut.

Rabbi Abbahu

<<said:

<<If

<<there was

<<a path

<<from the outset,

<<it is permitted.

<<Rabbi Chelbo said in the name of Rav Huna:

<<One who enters

<<the synagogue

<<to pray

<<is permitted

<<to make it

<<a shortcut,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And when come

<<the people of

<<the land

<<before

<<Hashem

<<at the festivals,

<<etc.”

And spitting —

<<by a kal vachomer.

<<Rav Bivi said in the name of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi:

<<Anyone

<<who spits

<<on the Temple Mount

<<at this time

<<is as if

<<he spits

<<into the pupil of

<<His eye,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And will be

<<My eyes

<<and My heart

<<there

<<all

<<the days.”

Rava said:

<<Spitting

<<in the synagogue

<<is permitted;

<<it is just like

<<the shoe:

<<just as

<<a shoe

<<on the Temple Mount

<<is forbidden,

<<in the synagogue

<<is permitted,

<<so too

<<spitting —

<<on the Temple Mount

<<it is

<<that it is forbidden;

<<in the synagogue

<<it is permitted.

Rav Pappa said to Rava,

<<and some say:

<<Ravina

<<to Rava,

<<and some say:

<<Rav Adda bar Masna

<<to Rava:

<<Instead of learning

<<from the shoe,

<<let him learn

<<from kappandarya!

He said to him:

<<The Tanna

<<learns

<<from the shoe,

<<and you

<<say

<<from kappandarya?!

<<What

<<is it?

<<As it is taught:

<<Not

<<shall enter

<<a person

<<the Temple Mount

<<not

<<with his staff

<<that is in his hand,

<<and not

<<with his shoe

<<that is on his foot,

<<and not

<<with the money

<<that is bound up

<<for him

<<in his sheet,

<<and with his money belt

<<slung

<<behind him;

<<and not

<<shall he make it

<<a shortcut.

<<And spitting —

<<by a kal vachomer

<<from the shoe:

<<Just as

<<a shoe,

<<which has not

<<in it

<<a manner

<<of disgrace,

<<said

<<the Torah:

<<“Remove

<<your shoes

<<from upon

<<your feet” —

<<spitting,

<<which is

<<a manner

<<of disgrace,

<<is it not all the more so?!

Rabbi Yosei bar Yehuda

<<says:

<<It is not

<<necessary:

<<behold,

<<it

<<says:

<<“For

<<one may not

<<come

<<into

<<the gate of

<<the king

<<in a garment of

<<sackcloth.”

<<And are not

<<the matters

<<a kal vachomer:

<<Just as

<<sackcloth,

<<which is not

<<repulsive,

<<before

<<flesh

<<and blood

<<is so;

<<spitting,

<<which is

<<repulsive,

<<before

<<the King of

<<the kings of

<<the kings,

<<is it not all the more so?!

He said to him:

<<I

<<thus

<<am saying:

<<Let us say

<<here

<<stringently

<<and here

<<stringently,