And even

<<“Ataros

<<and Divon.”

<<For anyone

<<who completes

<<his portions

<<with

<<the congregation,

<<they lengthen

<<for him

<<his days

<<and his years.

Rav Bivi bar Abaye

<<thought

<<to complete

<<the portions

<<of all

<<the year

<<on the eve of

<<the day of

<<Atonement.

<<Taught

<<him

<<Chiya bar Rav of Difti:

<<it is written:

<<“And you shall afflict

<<your souls

<<on the ninth

<<of the month

<<in the evening.”

And

<<on the ninth

<<do we fast?!

<<But surely

<<on the tenth

<<we fast!

<<Rather,

<<to tell

<<you:

<<anyone

<<who eats

<<and drinks

<<on the ninth,

<<credits

<<him

<<the verse

<<as if

<<he fasted

<<the ninth

<<and the tenth.

He thought

<<to complete them early;

<<said

<<to him

<<a certain elder:

<<we learned:

<<provided

<<that not

<<he does them early

<<and that not

<<he does them late.

As said

<<to them

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi

<<to his sons:

<<complete

<<your portions

<<with

<<the congregation,

<<twice

<<Scripture

<<and once

<<Targum.

And be careful

<<with the veins,

<<like Rabbi Yehuda,

<<for we learned:

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<until

<<he slaughters

<<the veins.

And be careful

<<with an elder

<<who forgot

<<his learning

<<because of

<<his circumstances,

<<for we say:

<<the tablets

<<and the fragments of

<<the tablets

<<are placed

<<in the Ark.

Said

<<to them

<<Rava

<<to his sons:

<<when you

<<cut

<<meat,

<<do not

<<cut

<<on the back of

<<the hand.

<<Some say:

<<because of

<<danger.

<<And some say:

<<because of

<<the spoiling of

<<the meal.

And do not

<<sit

<<on

<<the bed of

<<an Aramean woman,

<<and do not

<<pass

<<behind

<<the synagogue

<<at the time

<<that the congregation

<<is praying.

<<“And do not

<<sit

<<on

<<the bed of

<<an Aramean woman” —

<<some say:

<<do not

<<sleep

<<without

<<the Shema;

<<and some say:

<<that not

<<you marry

<<a convert;

<<and some say:

<<an Aramean

<<literally.

And because of

<<the incident

<<of Rav Pappa.

<<For Rav Pappa

<<went

<<to

<<an Aramean woman;

<<she brought out

<<for him

<<a bed.

<<She said

<<to him:

<<sit!

<<He said

<<to her:

<<I will not

<<sit

<<until

<<you lift

<<the bed.

<<She lifted

<<the bed

<<and they found

<<there

<<a baby

<<dead.

<<From here

<<said

<<the Sages:

<<it is forbidden

<<to sit

<<on

<<the bed of

<<an Aramean woman.

“And do not

<<pass

<<behind

<<the synagogue

<<at the time

<<that the congregation

<<is praying” —

<<this supports

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi.

<<For Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:

<<it is forbidden

<<for

<<a person

<<to pass

<<behind

<<the synagogue

<<at the time

<<that the congregation

<<is praying.

Abaye said:

<<and not

<<did we say this

<<except

<<where there is not

<<an entrance

<<other;

<<but

<<if there is

<<an entrance

<<other,

<<we have no objection

<<to it.

<<And not

<<did we say this

<<except

<<where there is not

<<a synagogue

<<other;

<<but

<<if there is

<<a synagogue

<<other,

<<we have no objection

<<to it.

<<And not

<<did we say this

<<except

<<where not

<<he carries

<<a burden,

<<and not

<<runs,

<<and not

<<wears

<<tefillin;

<<but

<<if there is

<<one

<<of these,

<<we have no objection

<<to it.

It is taught:

<<Rabbi Akiva said:

<<for three

<<things

<<love

<<I

<<the Medes:

<<when they cut

<<the meat,

<<they do not

<<cut

<<except

<<on top of

<<the table;

<<when they kiss,

<<they do not

<<kiss

<<except

<<on the back of

<<the hand;

<<and when they take counsel,

<<they do not

<<take counsel

<<except

<<in the field.

Rav Adda bar Ahava said:

<<what is

<<the verse?

<<“And sent

<<Yaakov

<<and called

<<to Rachel

<<and to Leah

<<to the field

<<to

<<his flock.”

It is taught:

<<Rabban Gamliel said:

<<for three

<<things

<<love

<<I

<<the Persians:

<<they are

<<modest

<<in their eating,

<<and modest

<<in the bathroom,

<<and modest

<<in a matter

<<other.

“I

<<have commanded

<<My consecrated ones” —

<<taught

<<Rav Yosef:

<<these are

<<the Persians,

<<who are consecrated

<<and prepared

<<for Gehinnom.

“Rabban Gamliel

<<says,”

<<etc.:

<<Rav Yehuda said in the name of Shmuel:

<<the halachah

<<is like Rabban Gamliel.

It is taught:

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai

<<says:

<<sometimes

<<that a person

<<recites

<<the Shema

<<two

<<times

<<at night:

<<once

<<before

<<will rise

<<the dawn,

<<and once

<<after

<<will rise

<<the dawn,

<<and he fulfills

<<through them

<<his obligation,

<<one

<<of

<<day

<<and one

<<of

<<night.

This

<<itself

<<is difficult:

<<you said:

<<“sometimes

<<that a person

<<recites

<<the Shema

<<two

<<times

<<at night” —

<<evidently

<<after

<<will rise

<<the dawn

<<night

<<it is;

<<and then

<<it teaches:

<<“he fulfills

<<through them

<<his obligation,

<<one

<<of

<<day

<<and one

<<of

<<night” —

<<evidently

<<day

<<it is!

No,

<<actually

<<night

<<it is;

<<and that

<<which he calls

<<it

<<“day”

<<is because there are

<<people

<<who rise

<<at that

<<time.

Rav Acha bar Chanina said in the name of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi:

<<the halachah

<<is like Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai.

There is

<<one who teaches

<<this

<<of Rav Acha bar Chanina

<<on this:

<<as it is taught:

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai

<<says

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Akiva:

<<sometimes

<<that a person

<<recites

<<the Shema

<<two

<<times

<<by day:

<<once

<<before

<<sunrise,

<<and once

<<after

<<sunrise,

<<and he fulfills

<<through them

<<his obligation,

<<one

<<of

<<day

<<and one

<<of

<<night.

This

<<itself

<<is difficult:

<<you said:

<<“sometimes

<<that a person

<<recites

<<the Shema

<<two

<<times

<<by day” —

<<evidently

<<before

<<sunrise

<<day

<<it is;

<<and then

<<it teaches:

<<“he fulfills

<<through them

<<his obligation,

<<one

<<of

<<day

<<and one

<<of

<<night” —

<<evidently

<<night

<<it is!