As it is stated:

<<“Peulletai

<<the eighth,”

<<and it is written:

<<“for

<<blessed him

<<God.”

<<“All

<<these

<<of the sons of

<<Oved Edom,

<<they

<<and their sons

<<and their brothers,

<<each man

<<of ability

<<in strength

<<for the service:

<<sixty

<<and two

<<to Oved Edom.”

Rabbi Avin HaLevi said:

<<Anyone

<<who pushes

<<the hour,

<<the hour

<<pushes him [away];

<<and anyone

<<who is pushed aside

<<before

<<the hour,

<<the hour

<<is pushed aside

<<before him.

As from that of Rabbah

<<and Rav Yosef:

<<for Rav Yosef [was]

<<‘Sinai,’

<<and Rabbah

<<‘an uprooter of

<<mountains.’

<<There was need

<<of them

<<at that hour.

<<They sent

<<to there:

<<‘Sinai’

<<and ‘an uprooter of

<<mountains’ —

<<which

<<of them

<<comes first?

<<They sent

<<to them:

<<‘Sinai’

<<comes first,

<<for everyone

<<needs

<<the owner of

<<wheat.

<<Even so,

<<not

<<did accept [it]

<<upon himself

<<Rav Yosef,

<<for told

<<him

<<the Chaldeans:

<<You will reign

<<two

<<years.

Reigned

<<Rabbah

<<twenty

<<and two

<<years;

<<reigned

<<Rav Yosef

<<two

<<years

<<and a half.

All

<<those

<<years

<<that reigned

<<Rabbah,

<<even

<<a bloodletter

<<to his house

<<not

<<did he [Rav Yosef] call.

And Rabbi Avin HaLevi said:

<<What is

<<that which is written:

<<“May answer you

<<Hashem

<<on the day of

<<trouble;

<<may set you on high

<<the name of

<<the God of

<<Yaakov”?

<<The God of

<<Yaakov,

<<and not

<<the God of

<<Avraham

<<and Yitzchak?

<<From here

<<for the owner of

<<the beam,

<<that he should enter

<<at the thickness

<<of

<<the beam.

And Rabbi Avin HaLevi said:

<<Anyone

<<who benefits

<<from a meal

<<that a Torah scholar

<<is present

<<within it

<<is as if

<<he benefits

<<from the radiance of

<<the Shechinah,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And came

<<Aharon

<<and all

<<the elders of

<<Israel

<<to eat

<<bread

<<with

<<the father-in-law of

<<Moshe

<<before

<<God.”

<<And was it

<<before

<<God

<<that they ate?

<<But surely

<<before

<<Moshe

<<they ate!

Rather,

<<to tell

<<you:

<<anyone

<<who benefits

<<from a meal

<<that a Torah scholar

<<is present

<<within it

<<is as if

<<he benefits

<<from the radiance of

<<the Shechinah.

And Rabbi Avin HaLevi said:

<<One who takes leave

<<from his fellow

<<should not

<<say

<<to him

<<“Go

<<in peace,”

<<but rather

<<“Go

<<to peace,”

<<for behold,

<<Yisro,

<<who said

<<to him,

<<to Moshe,

<<“Go

<<to peace” —

<<he went up

<<and succeeded;

<<David,

<<who said

<<to him,

<<to Avshalom,

<<“Go

<<in peace” —

<<he went

<<and was hanged.

And Rabbi Avin HaLevi said:

<<One who takes leave

<<from

<<the dead

<<should not

<<say

<<to him

<<“Go

<<to peace,”

<<but rather

<<“Go

<<in peace,”

<<as it is stated:

<<“And you

<<shall come

<<to

<<your fathers

<<in peace.”

Rabbi Levi bar Chiya said:

<<One who goes out

<<from the synagogue

<<and enters

<<the study hall

<<and engages

<<in Torah

<<merits

<<and receives

<<the face of

<<the Shechinah,

<<as it is stated:

<<“They go

<<from strength

<<to

<<strength;

<<he will appear

<<before

<<God

<<in Tziyon.”

Rabbi Chiya bar Ashi said in the name of Rav:

<<Torah scholars

<<have no [lit. there is not]

<<for them

<<rest,

<<not

<<in this world

<<and not

<<in the World to Come,

<<as it is stated:

<<“They go

<<from strength

<<to

<<strength;

<<he will appear

<<before

<<God

<<in Tziyon.”

Rabbi Elazar said in the name of Rabbi Chanina:

<<Torah scholars

<<increase

<<peace

<<in the world,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And all

<<your children

<<are students of

<<Hashem,

<<and great

<<is the peace of

<<your children.”

Do not

<<read

<<“your children [banayich]”

<<but rather

<<“your builders [bonayich].”

<<“Abundant peace

<<to those who love

<<Your Torah,

<<and there is no

<<for them

<<stumbling.”

<<“May there be

<<peace

<<within your walls,

<<tranquility

<<in your palaces.”

<<“For the sake of

<<my brothers

<<and my friends

<<let me speak,

<<please,

<<peace

<<within you.

<<For the sake of

<<the House of

<<Hashem

<<our God

<<I will seek

<<good

<<for you.”

<<“Hashem

<<strength

<<to His people

<<will give;

<<Hashem

<<will bless

<<His people

<<with peace.”

We shall return to you,

<<‘One who sees’;

<<and completed

<<[for it] is

<<Masechta Berachos.