and say:

<<the Temple Mount,

<<which is forbidden

<<with a shoe —

<<let it learn

<<from the shoe;

<<but

<<the synagogue,

<<which is permitted

<<with a shoe —

<<instead of learning

<<from the shoe

<<and toward leniency,

<<let it learn

<<from kappandarya

<<and toward prohibition!

Rather,

<<Rava said:

<<Like

<<his house:

<<just as

<<his house —

<<about a shortcut

<<is particular

<<a person,

<<about spitting

<<and a shoe

<<not

<<is particular

<<a person —

<<so too

<<the synagogue:

<<a shortcut

<<it is

<<that is forbidden;

<<spitting

<<and a shoe

<<are permitted.

“All

<<the concluders of

<<blessings

<<that were in the Temple

<<etc.”

All

<<this,

<<why?

<<Because

<<they do not

<<respond

<<“amen”

<<in the Temple.

<<And from where

<<that they do not

<<respond

<<amen

<<in the Temple?

<<As it is stated:

<<“Arise,

<<bless

<<Hashem

<<your God

<<from

<<the world

<<until

<<the world.”

<<And it says:

<<“And let them bless

<<the name of

<<Your glory,

<<and exalted

<<above

<<every

<<blessing

<<and praise.”

One might think

<<all

<<the blessings,

<<all of them,

<<will have

<<for them

<<a single praise;

<<the verse states:

<<“and exalted

<<above

<<every

<<blessing

<<and praise” —

<<for

<<every

<<blessing

<<and blessing

<<give

<<Him

<<praise.

“They instituted

<<that should

<<a person

<<ask

<<about the welfare of

<<his fellow

<<etc.”

<<What is

<<“and it says”?

And if you say:

<<Boaz

<<from his mind

<<of himself [i.e., on his own]

<<was saying it,

<<come and hear:

<<“Hashem

<<is with you,

<<mighty man

<<of valor.”

<<And if you say:

<<an angel

<<it is

<<who was saying it

<<to him,

<<to Gidon,

<<come and hear:

<<“Do not

<<despise [her]

<<when

<<she has grown old,

<<your mother.”

And it says:

<<“It is a time

<<to act

<<for Hashem;

<<they have voided

<<Your Torah.”

<<Rava said:

<<This

<<verse

<<from its beginning

<<to its end

<<is expounded,

<<from its end

<<to its beginning

<<is expounded.

From its beginning

<<to its end

<<it is expounded:

<<“It is a time

<<to act

<<for Hashem” —

<<what is the reason?

<<Because

<<“they have voided

<<Your Torah.”

<<From its end

<<to its beginning

<<it is expounded:

<<“They have voided

<<Your Torah” —

<<what is the reason?

<<Because

<<“it is a time

<<to act

<<for Hashem.”

It is taught:

<<Hillel the Elder

<<says:

<<At the time of

<<those who gather in,

<<scatter;

<<at the time of

<<those who scatter,

<<gather in.

<<And if

<<you have seen

<<a generation

<<that the Torah

<<is beloved

<<to it,

<<scatter,

<<as it is stated:

<<“There is

<<one who scatters

<<and is increased

<<yet more.”

<<And if

<<you have seen

<<a generation

<<that not

<<is the Torah

<<beloved

<<to it,

<<gather in,

<<as it is stated:

<<“It is a time

<<to act

<<for Hashem;

<<they have voided

<<Your Torah.”

Expounded

<<Bar Kappara:

<<[When] it has become cheap,

<<jump,

<<buy

<<from it;

<<in a place

<<where there is not

<<a man,

<<there

<<be

<<a man.

<<Abaye said:

<<learn from it:

<<in a place

<<where there is

<<a man,

<<there

<<do not

<<be

<<a man.

It is obvious!

<<Not

<<was it needed

<<except

<<where the two of them

<<are equal.

Expounded

<<Bar Kappara:

<<Which is

<<a passage,

<<a small one,

<<that all

<<the essentials [lit. bodies] of

<<the Torah

<<depend

<<on it?

<<“In all

<<your ways

<<know Him,

<<and He

<<will make straight

<<your paths.”

<<Rava said:

<<Even

<<for a matter of

<<transgression.

Expounded

<<Bar Kappara:

<<Always

<<should teach

<<a person

<<his son

<<a craft

<<clean

<<and easy.

<<What

<<is it?

<<Rav Chisda said:

<<The needle

<<of furrows [i.e., fine needlework].

It is taught:

<<Rebbi

<<says:

<<Always

<<should not

<<multiply

<<a person

<<friends

<<within

<<his house,

<<as it is stated:

<<“A man

<<of friends

<<is to be broken.”

It is taught:

<<Rebbi

<<says:

<<Should not

<<appoint

<<a person

<<a steward

<<within

<<his house;

<<for had

<<not

<<appointed

<<Potifar

<<Yosef

<<steward

<<within

<<his house,

<<not

<<would he have come

<<to that

<<matter.

It is taught:

<<Rebbi

<<says:

<<Why

<<was juxtaposed

<<the passage of

<<the nazir

<<to the passage of

<<the sotah?

<<To tell

<<you

<<that anyone

<<who sees

<<a sotah

<<in her disgrace

<<should separate

<<himself

<<from

<<wine.

Chizkiyah son of Rabbi Parnach said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<Why

<<was juxtaposed

<<the passage of

<<the sotah

<<to the passage of

<<terumos

<<and tithes?

<<To tell

<<you:

<<Anyone

<<that there are

<<for him

<<terumos

<<and tithes

<<and he does not

<<give them

<<to the kohen,

<<in the end

<<will need

<<the kohen

<<through

<<his wife,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And a man —

<<his holy things

<<to him

<<shall be,”

<<and juxtaposed

<<to it:

<<“A man,

<<a man,

<<if

<<goes astray

<<his wife,”

<<and it is written:

<<“And shall bring

<<the man

<<his wife

<<etc.”

<<And not

<<only that,

<<but rather

<<in the end

<<he will need

<<them,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And a man —

<<his holy things

<<to him

<<shall be.”

Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said:

<<And if

<<he gave them,

<<in the end

<<he becomes rich,

<<as it is stated:

<<“A man

<<who

<<gives

<<to the kohen,

<<to him

<<it shall be” —

<<“to him

<<it shall be”

<<money

<<in abundance.

Rav Huna bar Berechya said in the name of Rabbi Elazar HaKappar:

<<Anyone

<<who joins

<<the Name of

<<Heaven

<<to his distress,

<<they double

<<for him

<<his livelihood,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And will be

<<Shaddai

<<in your distress,

<<and silver

<<in heaps [to'afos]

<<for you.”

Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani

<<said:

<<His livelihood

<<flies

<<to him

<<like a bird,

<<as it is stated:

<<“and silver

<<in heaps [to'afos]

<<for you.”

Rabbi Tavi said in the name of Rabbi Yoshiya:

<<Anyone

<<who slackens

<<himself

<<from words of

<<Torah

<<has not

<<in him

<<strength

<<to stand

<<on the day of

<<trouble,

<<as it is stated:

<<“You slackened;

<<on the day of

<<trouble

<<narrow

<<is your strength.”

<<Rav Ami bar Masna said in the name of Shmuel:

<<And even

<<[over] a mitzvah,

<<a single one,

<<for it is stated

<<“you slackened”

<<in any case.

Rav Safra said:

<<Rabbi Abbahu

<<would

<<relate:

<<When went down

<<Chanina,

<<son of

<<the brother of

<<Rabbi Yehoshua,

<<to the exile,

<<he would

<<intercalate

<<years

<<and fix

<<months

<<outside

<<the Land.

They sent

<<after him

<<two

<<Torah scholars:

<<Rabbi Yosei ben Kippar,

<<and the son of

<<the son [i.e., grandson]

<<of

<<Zecharya ben Kevutal.

<<Once

<<he saw

<<them,

<<he said to them:

<<Why

<<have you come?

<<They said to him:

<<To learn

<<Torah

<<we have come.

<<He proclaimed

<<about them:

<<Men,

<<these,

<<the great ones of

<<the generation

<<are they,

<<and their fathers

<<served

<<in the Temple.

<<As that

<<which we learned:

<<Zecharya ben Kevutal

<<says:

<<Many

<<times

<<I read

<<before him

<<from the book of

<<Daniel.

Began

<<he

<<to declare impure

<<and they

<<to declare pure;

<<he

<<forbidding

<<and they

<<permitting.

<<He proclaimed

<<about them:

<<Men,

<<these,

<<of

<<falsehood

<<are they,

<<of

<<emptiness

<<are they.

<<They said to him:

<<Already

<<you have built,

<<and not

<<are you

<<able

<<to tear down;

<<already

<<you have fenced,

<<and not

<<are you

<<able

<<to breach.

He said to them:

<<Because of

<<what

<<do I

<<declare impure

<<and you

<<declare pure,

<<I

<<forbid

<<and you

<<permit?

<<They said to him:

<<Because

<<you

<<intercalate

<<years

<<and fix

<<months

<<outside

<<the Land.

He said to them:

<<But surely

<<Akiva ben Yosef

<<would

<<intercalate

<<years

<<and fix

<<months

<<outside

<<the Land!

<<They said to him:

<<Leave aside

<<Rabbi Akiva,

<<for not

<<did he leave

<<like him

<<in Eretz Yisrael.

<<He said to them:

<<Also

<<I

<<not

<<did I leave

<<like me

<<in Eretz Yisrael.

<<They said to him:

<<The kids

<<that you left

<<have become

<<goats

<<possessing

<<horns,

<<and they

<<sent us

<<to you,

<<and so

<<they said

<<to us:

<<Go

<<and say

<<to him

<<in our name:

<<If

<<he listens,

<<good;

<<and if

<<not,

<<let him be

<<under a ban.