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Summary: Rav Huna bar Rav Yehoshua cites Horayot 10b. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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I am granting you servitude, as it is stated: “And they spoke to him saying: If you will be a servant to this people today” (I Kings 12:7). This explains the phrase “in an independent house.” § The Sages taught: The verse states concerning a king: “When [ asher ] a king sins” (Leviticus 4:22). Rabbi Yoḥanan ben Zakkai said: Happy [ ashrei ] is the generation whose king feels the need to bring an offering for his unwitting transgression. If the generation’s king brings an offering, you must say all the more so what a commoner will do to atone for his sin, i.e., he will certainly bring an offering. And if the king brings an offering for his unwitting transgression, you must say all the more so what he will do to atone for his intentional transgression, i.e., he will certainly repent. Rava, son of Rabba, objects to this: If that is so, and the term asher is interpreted in that manner, then…
Summary: Rav Huna bar Rav Yehoshua cites Avodah Zarah 12b. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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The Gemara asks: Why do I need the baraita to teach that it is prohibited to drink from fountains formed in the figure of human faces? If the reason is to teach the halakha in a life-threatening situation, the baraita already addressed this issue in the case of the spring. The Gemara answers: It was included because the baraita wanted to teach the continuation of that halakha : Similarly, one may not place his mouth on a pipe and drink, due to the danger that this poses. The Gemara inquires: What danger is the baraita referring to here? It is referring to the danger of swallowing a leech in the water. As the Sages taught: A person should not drink water from rivers or from ponds either by drinking from the water directly with his mouth, or by collecting the water with one hand alone. And if he drank in this manner, his blood is upon his own head, due to the danger. The Gemara explains: W…
Summary: Rav Huna bar Rav Yehoshua cites Rosh Hashanah 17a. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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and they will cry out in their pain and eventually ascend from there, as it is stated: “And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on My name, and I will answer them” (Zechariah 13:9). This is referring to the members of the third group, who require refinement and cleansing. And about them, Hannah said: “The Lord kills, and gives life; he brings down to the grave, and brings up” (I Samuel 2:6). Beit Hillel say: He Who is “and abundant in kindness” (Exodus 34:6) tilts the scales in favor of kindness, so that middling people should not have to pass through Gehenna. And about them, David said: “I love the Lord, Who hears my voice and my supplications” (Psalms 116:1). And about them, David said the entire passage: “I was brought low [ daloti ] and He saved me” (Psalms 116:6). Although they a…
Summary: Rav Huna bar Rav Yehoshua cites Ecclesiastes ח:יד. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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here is a frustration that occurs in the world: sometimes someone upright is requited according to the conduct of the scoundrel; and sometimes the scoundrel is requited according to the conduct of the upright. I say all that is frustration.
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Summary: Rav Huna bar Rav Yehoshua cites Deuteronomy ז:י. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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but who instantly requites with destruction those who are disloyal—never slow with those who are disloyal, but requiting them instantly.
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Summary: Rav Huna bar Rav Yehoshua cites Micah ז:יח. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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Who is a God like You, Forgiving iniquity And remitting transgression— Not staying angry forever Toward the remnant of Your own people, Because You love graciousness!
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