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What then does it mean that it is written (Ps. 69) "and as for me, may my prayer be to you Hashem at a time of favor." When is a time of favor? At the hour that the community are praying.

R' Yosi the son of Rabbi Chanina said: it may be learned from here (Is. 49) Thus said Hashem In an hour of favor I have answered you."

R' Acha the son of Rabbi Chanina said it may be learned from here (Job 36) Behold: God ??? and he does not despise." and then it is written (Ps. 55) "He redeemed in peace my soul and became close to me For among the many they were with me."

Another teaching is like this: Rabbi Natan says from where do we learn that the Holy One, Who is Blessed does not despise in their prayers of the many ? As it is said: "Behold, God ??? and does not despise" and then it is written "He redeemed in peace my soul and became close to me etc."

The Holy One, Who is Blessed, said all who involve themselves in Torah and in acts of lovingkindness and pray. with the community I accumulate in my records upon him as if he had brought redemption to me and to my children from among the nations of the world.

Thus said Reish Lakish: Anyone who in which there is for him a House of Assembly i.e., the synagogue in his city and he does not enter in that place to pray is called a neighbor who is evil" as it is said (Jer. 12) Thus said Hashem: on all my neighbors the evil ones the ones who touch in the inheritance that I have caused my nation Israel to inherit" And not only this, but he causes exile to himself and to his children as it is said (Jer. 12) "Behold, they shall be plucked from upon their land and the house of Yehudah I shall pluck from their midst."

They said to him to Rabbi Yochanan that there are old men in Bavel he was astonished and he said (Deut. 11) "in order that I shall increase your days and the days of your children on the land" it is written but: "in outside the land" i.e., outside the land of Israel It is not written. Once that they said to him they come early and delay departing to the synagogue lit, house of assembly, he said: these are that which helps them. Like that which was said by R' Yehoshua ben Levi to his children: Come early and delay departing ??? to the synagogue lit, house of assembly so that thus it will be that extended shall be your life." Rabbi Acha the son of Rabbi Chanina said: What then does it mean when the verse says (Prov. 8) "Happy is the person who listens to me to watch at my doorways day in, day out to watch the doorposts of my gates." and it is written secondly: "For the one who finds me, he found life."

Rav Chisdah said In reality lit: In the world a person shall enter two openings in the House of Assembly i.e., the synagogue" What does he mean by the phrase "two openings?" You might have thought to interpret this literally, that he should pass through two doorways on his way in to the building But rather, I would say he should enter as far into the room as a distance equal to the measure of two openings, and after this he prays

(Ps. 32) "Regarding this shall he pray -- anyone who is a pious one -- unto you in the time of finding." R' Chanina said "in the time of finding" -- this refers to finding a wife as it is said (Prov. 18) "one who found a wife he has found goodness." In the west i.e., the land of Israel, when a person married his wife, they said to him thus "he found" (matz'a) or "I find" (motze)? "he found" As it is written "one who found a wife, he has found goodness ??? favor from Hashem" Or, "one who finds" as it is written (Ecc. 7) "And I find that more bitter than death is the woman etc." R' Natan says: "in the time of finding" -- this refers to Torah as it is said (Prov. 8) "For the one who finds me, he has found life, etc." Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said: "in the time of finding" -- this refers to death as it is said (Ps. 68) "of death, the ways of going out" Another teaching is like this: nine hundred and three varieties of death were created in the world as it is said "of death, the ways of going out" and "the ways of going out" (תוצאות) in gematria thus is what they are.

Most difficult of all of them is croup, most gentle of all of them is the kiss.

Croup is comparable like a thorn in a ball of wool that, in a backwards way, is pulled out, and there are those who say like a rope in the mouth ???

A kiss is comparable like a hair ??? being drawn??? from the milk.

R' Yochanan said: "in the time of finding" -- this refers to burial Rabbi Chanina said: What verse may be quoted as a prooftext? (Job 3) Those who are happy to me ??? they shall rejoice when they have found a grave." Rabba bar Rav Sheyla said: this was the meaning of that people say that a person should request prayers for mercies -- even until the clod of earth the final one -- for peace.

Mar Zutra said "in the time of finding" this refers to outhouses lit., house of the seat In the west, they said this one of Mar Zutra is preferable from all of them.

He said to him: Raba to Rafram bar Pappa: Let Master say to us from those words that are elevated i.e., important that you said in the name of Rav Chisda regarding matters of the House of Assembly i.e., the synagogue He said to him: Thus said Rav Chisda What then does the verse mean, as it is written (Ps. 87) Hashem loves the gates of Zion more than lit. from all the dwellings of Ya'akov"

The explanation: Hashem loves the gates that are distinguished in matters of halacha. more than the Houses of Assembly i.e., the synagogues and than the Houses of Study.

And this is like the position that was said by R' Chiyya bar Ami in the name of Ulla: From the day that the Beit ha-Mikdash was destroyed he (the Holy One, who is Blessed) does not have in His world anything except four cubits of halacha only.

And Abaye said At the beginning, I was studying in the ??? of my house and praying in the House of Assembly Immediately once that I heard about this teaching that Rabbi Chiyya bar Ami said in the name of Ulla, From the day that the Beit ha-Mikdash was destroyed he (the Holy One, who is Blessed) does not have in His world anything except four cubits of the halacha only" I was not praying except there, in the place that I study.

Rabbi Ami and Rabbi Assi Even though that there was for them thirteen Houses of Assembly (synagogues) in Tiberias, They did not pray except between the pillars there, in the place where they did study.

And thus said Rabbi Chiyya bar Ami in the name of Ulla Great is the one who benefits from his work -- more so than one who fears heaven. For this regarding one who fears heaven it is written: (Ps. 112) "Fortunate is a man who fears Hashem" And yet in this latter case regarding benefit from his work it is written (Ps. 128) "The work of your hands: when you eat it, happy are you, and it is good unto you." "Happy are you" in this world "and it is good unto you" in the world that comes. But to the one lit: the body who fears heaven "and it is good unto you" it is not written of him.

And thus said Rabbi Chiyya bar Ami in the name of Ulla Always a person shall reside in the location of his rabbi; for the whole time that Shammai son of Gera stood i.e., as long as he lived Solomon did not marry the daughter of Pharaoh But it was taught elsewhere: do not reside in the same place as your rabbi. There is no difficulty. this one is in the case of a student who is submissive to him while this other one is in the case that is not submissive to him

Rav Huna bar Yehudah said Thus said Rabbi Menachem Thus said R' Ami What then does it mean when it says as it is written (Is. 1) "And those who abandon Hashem shall be consumed"? this refers to a case where they have placed a Torah scroll on the table to be read and he goes out of the synagogue during the reading. Rabbi Abahu would depart between when a person finished reading his portion and when to a person when the next person began his reading. Rav Pappa asked between verse to verse -- what then? The question remains suspended and cannot be answered.

Rav Sheishet would turn his face and study. he said We in ours and they in theirs.

Rav Huna bar Yehudah said Rabbi Ami said Always a person shall complete his section of Torah with the community two times reading through the written Torah and one time reading through the translation

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and even (Num. 32) ??? for all of ??? his section of Torah with the community lengthen to him his days and his years Rav Bibi son of Abaye reasoned ??? and now ??? day ??? a Tanna taught: for him Chiyya son of Rav ??? it is written (Lev. 23) ??? ??? to renew in the evening, And so ??? Is it not the case that in a case where there are ten ??? except to say to you all One who eats and drink ??? upon it the scripture it is as if ??? reasoned ??? He said to him: This certain individual elder ??? but only that did not have he shall precede or in the case that one is not ??? Like that which was said by them R' Yehoshua son of Levi to his children: ??? with the community two the written Torah and one translation ??? like Rabbi Yehudah For it was taught in a baraita Rabbi Yehudah says until ??? ??? ??? Tablets and shards of Tablets ??? He said to them Raba to his children: ??? meat to ??? for the sake of ??? that it is possible that they said It is because of this: danger and there are that they said It is because of this: ??? a meal and do not ??? on ??? and do not ??? behind the House of Assembly i.e., the synagogue at the hour that the community are praying. and do not ??? on ??? that it is possible that they said No. ??? without the recitation of Shema and there are that they said that is not ??? and there are those who say איכא דאמרי ??? actually and really but on account of It once happened of Rav ??? of Rav ??? He went to join with the body of ??? he took it out to him a bed he said to him ??? he said to it Really? who dwells until ??? the mattress ??? the mattress and they found in that place the infant did he die from here the sages said is forbidden ??? on ??? and do not ??? behind the House of Assembly i.e., the synagogue at the hour that the community are praying. That would be a support to him. To whose position? to Rabbi Joshua son of Levi for he said: R' Yehoshua son of Levi is forbidden to a person ??? behind the House of Assembly i.e., the synagogue at the hour that the community are praying. Abayye said: They did not say that except in a case ??? other than this but: that it is possible ??? other than this we do not have an objection to it. They did not say that except in a case ??? the synagogue other than this but: that it is possible the synagogue other than this we do not have an objection to it. They did not say that except in a case that is not ??? and not ??? and not he would place tefillin but: that it is possible one ??? to us ??? It was taught: Rabbi Akiva said: in a case where there are three items loves I ??? the flesh yes. ??? except atop ??? yes. ??? except for the sake of ??? yes. ??? except in the field Rav Adda bar Ahava said What scripture supports this position? (Gen. 31) and He sent Ya'akov and he reads ??? the field to ??? It was taught: he said Rabban Gamliel in a case where there are three items loves I ??? there are. ??? in how they are eaten ??? in the outhouse lit. in the house of the chair ??? In the matter ??? (Is. 13) I ??? Rav Yosef learned: these ??? Rabban Gamliel says: ??? Rav Yehudah said that Shmuel said The halacha is ??? It was taught: Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai says occasions ??? one reads the recitation of Shema two occasions by night One before ??? the rising of the dawn and one after ??? the rising of the dawn and he goes out of them the hands of ??? One of day and one of night this one Back to the main body of the text: it is a problem is what you say? Do you really mean that? occasions ??? reads the recitation of Shema two occasions by night Perhaps, after ??? the rising of the dawn the night? he and then, separately, i.e., in addition to Moses pitching the tent, we had It was taught by he would exit of them the hands of ??? One of day and one of night Perhaps, the daytime he No. In reality lit: In the world the night? he Hey, isn't it the case that ??? for him day That there are ??? Rav Acha said son of ??? Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: The halacha is like Rabbi Shimon son of ??? that it is possible ??? about this teaching of Rav Acha. son of ??? to this other teaching as it is taught: Rabbi Shimon son of ??? says It is because of this: R' ??? occasions ??? one reads the recitation of Shema two occasions by day One before the rising of the sun and one after the rising of the sun and he goes out of them the hands of ??? One of day and one of night this one Back to the main body of the text: it is a problem is what you say? Do you really mean that? occasions ??? reads the recitation of Shema two occasions by day Perhaps, before the rising of the sun the daytime he and then, separately, i.e., in addition to Moses pitching the tent, we had It was taught by he would exit of them the hands of ??? One of day and one of night Perhaps, the night? he