that

<<righteous man:

<<“And they will enslave them

<<and afflict

<<them”

<<He fulfilled

<<in them,

<<“and after

<<that

<<they will go out

<<with possessions

<<great”

<<not

<<did He fulfill

<<in them.

They said

<<to him:

<<if only

<<we could go out

<<ourselves!

<<A parable:

<<to a person

<<who was

<<imprisoned

<<in prison,

<<and were

<<saying

<<to him

<<people:

<<“they will release

<<you

<<tomorrow

<<from prison,

<<and give

<<you

<<money

<<much”;

<<and he says

<<to them:

<<“I request

<<of you,

<<release me

<<today,

<<and I do not

<<ask for

<<anything.”

“And they lent them” —

<<Rabbi Ami said:

<<it teaches

<<that they lent them

<<against their will.

<<Some say:

<<against the will

<<of Egypt;

<<and some say:

<<against the will

<<of Israel.

The one

<<who says

<<against the will

<<of Egypt —

<<as it is written:

<<“And she who stays

<<at home

<<divides

<<the spoil.”

<<The one

<<who says

<<against the will

<<of Israel —

<<because of

<<the burden.

“And they emptied

<<Egypt.”

<<Rabbi Ami said:

<<it teaches

<<that they made it

<<like a trap

<<that there is not

<<in it

<<grain;

<<and Reish Lakish

<<said:

<<they made it

<<like the deep

<<that there is not

<<in it

<<fish.

“I will be

<<what

<<I will be”:

<<said

<<to him

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<to Moshe:

<<go,

<<say

<<to them,

<<to Israel:

<<I

<<was

<<with you

<<in servitude

<<this,

<<and I

<<will be

<<with you

<<in the servitude of

<<the kingdoms.

He said

<<before Him:

<<Master of the world,

<<sufficient

<<is a trouble

<<in its time.

<<Said

<<to him

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He:

<<go,

<<say

<<to them:

<<“I will be

<<has sent me

<<to you.”

“Answer me,

<<Hashem,

<<answer me.”

<<Rabbi Abbahu said:

<<why

<<did say

<<Eliyahu

<<“answer me”

<<two

<<times?

<<It teaches

<<that Eliyahu said

<<before

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He:

<<Master of the world,

<<“answer me”

<<that will descend

<<fire

<<from

<<heaven

<<and consume

<<all

<<that

<<is upon

<<the altar;

<<and “answer me”

<<that You divert

<<their minds,

<<so

<<that not

<<they will say

<<the work of

<<sorcery

<<it is.

<<As it is stated:

<<“And You

<<turned

<<their heart

<<backward.”

MISHNAH:

<<from when

<<does one recite

<<the Shema

<<in the morning?

<<From when one can distinguish

<<between

<<techeles

<<and white.

<<Rabbi Eliezer

<<says:

<<between

<<techeles

<<and leek-green.

<<And he completes it

<<until

<<sunrise.

<<Rabbi Yehoshua

<<says:

<<until

<<three

<<hours,

<<for such is

<<the way of

<<kings,

<<to rise

<<at three

<<hours.

One who recites

<<from then

<<and on

<<has not

<<lost,

<<like a person

<<who reads

<<in the Torah.

GEMARA:

<<what is

<<“between

<<techeles

<<and white”?

<<If you say

<<between

<<a tuft

<<of wool

<<white

<<and a tuft

<<of wool

<<of techeles —

<<but

<<at night

<<also

<<they can tell!

<<Rather,

<<between

<<the techeles

<<that is in it

<<and the white

<<that is in it.

It is taught:

<<Rabbi Meir

<<says:

<<from when one can distinguish

<<between

<<a wolf

<<and a dog.

<<Rabbi Akiva

<<says:

<<between

<<a donkey

<<and a wild donkey.

<<And others

<<say:

<<from when one can see

<<his fellow

<<at a distance of

<<four

<<cubits

<<and recognize him.

Rav Huna said:

<<the halachah

<<is like the Others.

<<Abaye said:

<<for tefillin

<<like the Others;

<<for the recitation of

<<Shema

<<like the vasikin.

<<For Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<the vasikin

<<would

<<finish

<<it

<<with

<<sunrise.

It is taught

<<also

<<so:

<<the vasikin

<<would

<<finish

<<it

<<with

<<sunrise,

<<so

<<that he joins

<<redemption

<<to prayer,

<<and he is found

<<praying

<<by day.

Rabbi Zeira said:

<<what is

<<the verse?

<<“They will fear You

<<with

<<the sun,

<<and before

<<the moon,

<<generation

<<of generations.”

Testified

<<Rabbi Yosei ben Elyakim

<<in the name of

<<the congregation

<<holy

<<that is in Jerusalem:

<<anyone

<<who joins

<<redemption

<<to prayer

<<is not

<<harmed

<<all

<<the day

<<entirely.

Rabbi Zeira said:

<<is that so?!

<<But

<<I

<<joined

<<and was harmed!

<<He said to him:

<<in what

<<were you harmed?

<<That you carried

<<myrtle

<<to the house of

<<the king.

<<There

<<too

<<you should have

<<given

<<a reward

<<to see

<<the face of

<<the king,

<<for Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<always

<<should strive

<<a person

<<to run

<<toward

<<the kings of

<<Israel.

<<And not

<<toward

<<the kings of

<<Israel

<<alone,

<<but

<<even

<<toward

<<the kings of

<<the nations of the world,

<<for if

<<he merits,

<<he will discern

<<between

<<the kings of

<<Israel

<<and the kings of

<<the nations of the world!

Rabbi Ila said to Ulla:

<<when

<<you go up

<<there,

<<ask

<<about the welfare

<<of Rav Bruna

<<my brother

<<in the presence of

<<all

<<the group,

<<for a person

<<great

<<he is

<<and rejoices

<<in mitzvos.

<<Once

<<he joined

<<redemption

<<to prayer,

<<and not

<<ceased

<<laughter

<<from his mouth

<<all

<<the day.

How

<<can

<<he join?

<<But didn't Rabbi Yochanan say:

<<at the beginning

<<he

<<says:

<<“Hashem,

<<my lips

<<open,”

<<and at the end

<<he

<<says:

<<“May they be

<<for favor

<<the words of

<<my mouth,”

<<etc.!

Rabbi Elazar said:

<<let it be

<<in the prayer

<<of

<<the evening.

But didn't Rabbi Yochanan say:

<<who is

<<one destined for the World to Come?

<<This is

<<one who joins

<<redemption

<<of

<<the evening

<<to the prayer

<<of

<<the evening!

Rather,

<<Rabbi Elazar said:

<<let it be

<<in the prayer of

<<Mincha.

Rav Ashi

<<said:

<<even

<<you say

<<of all of them;

<<and since

<<fixed it

<<the Rabbis

<<in the prayer,

<<like a prayer

<<extended

<<it is.

For if

<<not

<<you say

<<so,

<<in the evening

<<how

<<can

<<he join?

<<But

<<he needs

<<to say

<<“Hashkiveinu”!

<<Rather,

<<since

<<instituted

<<the Rabbis

<<Hashkiveinu,

<<like a redemption

<<extended

<<it is;

<<here

<<too,

<<since

<<fixed it

<<the Rabbis

<<in the prayer,

<<like a prayer

<<extended

<<it is.

Now,

<<this

<<“May they be

<<for favor

<<the words of

<<my mouth”

<<can mean

<<at the end,

<<and can mean

<<at the beginning,

<<that I want

<<to say.

<<What is the reason

<<instituted it

<<the Rabbis

<<after

<<eighteen

<<blessings?

<<Let them say it

<<at the beginning!

Said

<<Rabbi Yehuda (son of Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi):

<<since

<<not

<<said it

<<David

<<except

<<after

<<eighteen

<<chapters,

<<therefore

<<instituted

<<the Rabbis

<<after

<<eighteen

<<blessings.

These

<<are eighteen?!

<<Nineteen

<<they are!

“Happy is

<<the man”

<<and “Why

<<are in tumult

<<nations”

<<one

<<chapter

<<it is.

For said

<<Rabbi Yehuda (son of Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi):

<<a hundred

<<and three

<<chapters

<<David said,

<<and not

<<did he say

<<“Halleluyah”

<<until

<<he saw

<<the downfall

<<of

<<the wicked,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Let be consumed

<<sinners

<<from

<<the earth,

<<and the wicked

<<no more

<<be;

<<bless,

<<my soul,

<<Hashem.

<<Halleluyah.”

These

<<a hundred

<<and three?

<<A hundred

<<and four

<<they are!

<<Rather,

<<learn from it:

<<“Happy is

<<the man”

<<and “Why

<<are in tumult

<<nations”

<<one

<<chapter

<<it is.

For Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan: