And all of them

<<are written

<<on His arm.

Ravin bar Rav Adda said in the name of Rabbi Yitzchak:

<<anyone

<<who is accustomed

<<to come

<<to the synagogue

<<and did not

<<come

<<day

<<one,

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<inquires

<<about him,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Who

<<among you

<<fears

<<Hashem,

<<heeds

<<the voice of

<<His servant,

<<who

<<walked

<<in darkness

<<and there is no

<<light

<<for him?”

If

<<for a matter of

<<mitzvah

<<he went,

<<there is light

<<for him;

<<and if

<<for a matter of

<<choice

<<he went,

<<there is no

<<light

<<for him.

“Let him trust

<<in the name of

<<Hashem” —

<<what is the reason?

<<Because

<<he should have

<<trusted

<<in the name of

<<Hashem,

<<and not

<<did he trust.

Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<at the time

<<that the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<comes

<<into a synagogue

<<and does not

<<find

<<there

<<ten,

<<immediately

<<He

<<becomes angry,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Why

<<did I come

<<and there is no

<<man?

<<I called

<<and there is no

<<one answering.”

Rabbi Chelbo said in the name of Rav Huna:

<<anyone

<<who fixes

<<a place

<<for his prayer,

<<the God of

<<Avraham

<<is in his help.

And when he dies,

<<they say

<<of him:

<<“Alas,

<<the humble one!

<<Alas,

<<the pious one!

<<of the students

<<of

<<Avraham

<<our father.”

And Avraham

<<our father —

<<from where do we know

<<that he fixed

<<a place?

<<As it is written:

<<“And rose early

<<Avraham

<<in the morning

<<to

<<the place

<<where

<<he had stood

<<there,”

<<and there is no

<<“standing”

<<except

<<prayer,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And stood

<<Pinchas

<<and prayed.”

Rabbi Chelbo said in the name of Rav Huna:

<<one who leaves

<<the synagogue

<<should not

<<step

<<a step

<<large.

<<Abaye said:

<<not

<<did we say this

<<except

<<for leaving;

<<but

<<for entering,

<<it is a mitzvah

<<to run,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Let us run

<<to know

<<Hashem.”

Rabbi Zeira said:

<<at first,

<<when

<<I would

<<see

<<them,

<<the Rabbis,

<<that were

<<running

<<to the lecture

<<on Shabbos,

<<I would say:

<<“are

<<desecrating

<<the Rabbis

<<Shabbos!”

<<Since

<<I heard

<<this

<<of Rabbi Tanchum

<<in the name of

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi:

<<always

<<should run

<<a person

<<to a matter of

<<halachah,

<<and even

<<on Shabbos,

<<as it is stated:

<<“After

<<Hashem

<<they will go;

<<like a lion

<<He will roar,”

<<etc.,

<<I

<<too

<<run.

Rabbi Zeira said:

<<the reward of

<<the lecture

<<is the running.

Abaye said:

<<the reward of

<<the kallah

<<is the crowding.

Rava said:

<<the reward of

<<a teaching

<<is the reasoning.

Rav Pappa said:

<<the reward of

<<a house of mourning

<<is the silence.

Mar Zutra said:

<<the reward of

<<a fast

<<is the charity.

Rav Sheshes said:

<<the reward of

<<a eulogy

<<is raising the voice.

Rav Ashi said:

<<the reward of

<<a wedding

<<is the words.

Rav Huna said:

<<anyone

<<who prays

<<behind

<<the synagogue

<<is called

<<“wicked,”

<<as it is stated:

<<“All around

<<the wicked

<<walk.”

Abaye said:

<<not

<<did we say this

<<except

<<where not

<<he turns

<<his face

<<to the synagogue;

<<but

<<if he turns

<<his face

<<to the synagogue,

<<we have no objection

<<to it.

A certain

<<man

<<who was

<<praying

<<behind

<<the synagogue,

<<and not

<<did he turn

<<his face

<<to the synagogue.

<<Passed by

<<Eliyahu;

<<he saw him;

<<he appeared

<<to him

<<like an Arab.

<<He said to him:

<<“As though there were two [powers]

<<do you stand

<<before

<<your Master?!”

<<He drew

<<a sword

<<and killed him.

Said to him

<<a certain one

<<of the Rabbis

<<to Rav Bivi bar Abaye,

<<and some say it:

<<Rav Bivi

<<to Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak:

<<what is

<<“When is exalted

<<vileness

<<among the sons of

<<man”?

He said to him:

<<these are

<<things

<<that stand

<<at the height

<<of

<<the world,

<<and people

<<disparage

<<them.

Rabbi Yochanan

<<and Rabbi Elazar,

<<who say

<<both of them:

<<once

<<that comes to depend

<<a person

<<on others,

<<his face

<<changes

<<like the kerum,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Like the kerum

<<is vileness

<<among the sons of

<<man.”

What is

<<“kerum”?

<<When

<<came

<<Rav Dimi,

<<he said:

<<a bird

<<one

<<there is

<<in the cities of

<<the sea,

<<and “kerum”

<<is its name,

<<and when

<<the sun

<<shines,

<<it changes

<<into many

<<colors.

Rabbi Ami

<<and Rabbi Assi,

<<who say

<<both of them:

<<it is as if

<<he were judged

<<with two

<<punishments,

<<fire

<<and water,

<<as it is stated:

<<“You caused to ride

<<men

<<over our heads;

<<we came

<<into fire

<<and into water.”

And Rabbi Chelbo said in the name of Rav Huna:

<<always

<<should be

<<a person

<<careful

<<with the prayer of

<<Mincha,

<<for

<<Eliyahu

<<not

<<was answered

<<except

<<at the prayer of

<<Mincha,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And it was

<<at the offering of

<<the Mincha,

<<that drew near

<<Eliyahu

<<the prophet

<<and said,”

<<etc.,

<<“Answer me,

<<Hashem,

<<answer me.”

“Answer me” —

<<that will descend

<<fire

<<from

<<heaven;

<<and “answer me” —

<<that not

<<they will say

<<the work of

<<sorcery

<<it is.

Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<also

<<at the prayer of

<<the evening,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Let be established

<<my prayer

<<as incense

<<before You,

<<the lifting of

<<my hands

<<as the offering of

<<evening.”

<<Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak

<<said:

<<also

<<the prayer of

<<the morning,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Hashem,

<<in the morning

<<You will hear

<<my voice;

<<in the morning

<<I will arrange

<<for You,

<<and I will wait.”

And Rabbi Chelbo said in the name of Rav Huna:

<<anyone

<<who benefits

<<from the feast of

<<a groom

<<and does not

<<gladden him

<<transgresses

<<against five

<<voices,

<<as it is stated:

<<“The voice of

<<joy

<<and the voice of

<<gladness,

<<the voice of

<<the groom

<<and the voice of

<<the bride,

<<the voice of

<<those who say:

<<‘Give thanks

<<to Hashem

<<of hosts.’”

And if

<<he gladdens him,

<<what

<<is his reward?

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:

<<he merits

<<the Torah

<<that was given

<<with five

<<voices,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And it was

<<on the day

<<the third,

<<when it was

<<morning,

<<that there were

<<voices

<<and lightning,

<<and a cloud

<<heavy

<<upon

<<the mountain,

<<and the voice of

<<a shofar,”

<<etc.;

<<“and was

<<the voice of

<<the shofar,”

<<etc.;

<<“and God

<<answered him

<<with a voice.”

Is that so?

<<But isn't it

<<written:

<<“And all

<<the people

<<saw

<<the voices”!

Those

<<voices

<<that before

<<the giving of

<<the Torah

<<were.

Rabbi Abbahu

<<said:

<<it is as if

<<he brought

<<a thanksgiving offering,

<<as it is stated:

<<“bringing

<<thanksgiving

<<to the house of

<<Hashem.”

<<Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak

<<said:

<<it is as if

<<he built

<<one

<<of the ruins of

<<Jerusalem,

<<as it is stated:

<<“For

<<I will return

<<the captivity of

<<the land

<<as at first,

<<said

<<Hashem.”

And Rabbi Chelbo said in the name of Rav Huna:

<<any

<<person

<<that there is

<<in him

<<fear of Heaven,

<<his words

<<are heard,

<<as it is stated:

<<“The end of

<<the matter,

<<all

<<having been heard:

<<God

<<fear,”

<<etc.

What is

<<“for

<<this is

<<all of

<<man”?

<<Rabbi Elazar said:

<<said

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He:

<<all

<<the world

<<entirely

<<not

<<was created

<<except

<<for the sake of

<<this one.

Rabbi Abba bar Kahana

<<said:

<<equal

<<is this one

<<against

<<all

<<the world

<<entirely.

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Azzai

<<says,

<<and some say:

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Zoma

<<says:

<<all

<<the world

<<entirely

<<not

<<was created

<<except

<<to accompany

<<this one.

And Rabbi Chelbo said in the name of Rav Huna:

<<anyone

<<who knows

<<of his fellow

<<that he

<<is accustomed

<<to give

<<him

<<greeting,

<<should precede

<<him

<<with greeting,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Seek

<<peace

<<and pursue it.”

<<And if

<<he gave

<<him [greeting]

<<and he did not

<<return it,

<<he is called

<<“a robber,”

<<as it is stated:

<<“And you

<<have consumed

<<the vineyard;

<<the robbery of

<<the poor

<<is in your houses.”