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Summary: Rabbi Natan the Babylonian cites Bava Metzia 86a. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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shall be called a wise [ ḥakim ] physician, but he shall not be called rabbi, and Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi’s convalescence shall be through him. I also saw written there: Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi and Rabbi Natan are the end of the Mishna, i.e., the last of the tanna’im , the redactors of the Mishna. Rav Ashi and Ravina are the end of instruction, i.e., the end of the period of the amora’im , the redacting of the Talmud, which occurred after the period of the tanna’im . And your mnemonic to remember that Rav Ashi and Ravina redacted the Talmud is the verse: “Until I entered into the sanctuary [ mikdashei ] of God, and considered [ avina ] their end” (Psalms 73:17). The sanctuary, mikdashei , alludes to Rav Ashi, while the term avina alludes to Ravina, which is a contraction of Rav Avina. The phrase: Their end, is interpreted as a reference to the redacting of the Talmud. § The Gemara relates anothe…
Summary: Rabbi Natan the Babylonian cites Gittin 70a. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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grapes grown by trellising the vine on a palm tree soaked in water. As a remedy for lichen planus [ ḥazazita ] on one’s skin, let him bring seven large wheat kernels [ arzanayata ] and let him roast them over a fire on the blade of a new hoe. And let him extract oil from the wheat and rub it into his skin. It is told: Rav Shimi bar Ashi used this remedy for a certain gentile who had something else, i.e., leprosy, and he was healed. Shmuel said: One who is struck with Persian spears [ alunkei ] will not live long afterward, as he will certainly die from this wound. In the meantime, they should force-feed him fatty meat that was roasted over coals, and undiluted wine. If they do this, it is possible that he will live for a little bit longer and have time to instruct his household with regard to what they should do after his death. Similarly, Rav Idi bar Avin said: One who swallowed a horne…
Summary: Rabbi Natan the Babylonian cites Shabbat 134a. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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sores on his flesh. What is his remedy? Let him wash extensively in beet water, in which beets have been boiled. We learned in the mishna: If one did not grind the cumin from Shabbat eve, he chews it with his teeth and places it on the place of circumcision as a salve. The Sages taught: There are actions that may not be performed in preparation for a circumcision on Shabbat but may be performed in preparation for it on a Festival. For example: One grinds cumin for it, and one mixes wine and oil for it. Abaye said to Rav Yosef: What is different about cumin that makes it permissible to grind it on a Festival? The fact that it is suitable for use to spice a pot, in cooking. Based on that explanation, mixed wine and oil are also suitable for use on Shabbat for a sick person, as it was taught in a baraita : One may not mix wine and oil for a sick person on Shabbat. Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar sa…
Summary: Rabbi Natan the Babylonian cites Horayot 13b. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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Rav Pappa said: They gnaw even on the handle of a hoe. § The Sages taught in a baraita : There are five factors that cause one to forget his Torah study: One who eats from that which a mouse eats and from that which a cat eats, and one who eats the heart of an animal, and one who is accustomed to eating olives, and one who drinks water that remains from washing, and one who washes his feet with this foot atop that foot. And some say: Also one who places his garments under his head. Correspondingly, there are five factors that restore forgotten Torah study: Eating bread baked on coals and all the more so one who warms himself with the heat of the coals themselves, and one who eats a hard-boiled egg [ beitza megulgelet ] without salt, and one who is accustomed to eating olive oil, and one who is accustomed to drinking wine and smelling spices, and one who drinks water that remains from kne…
Summary: Rabbi Natan the Babylonian cites Amos ד:ב. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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My Sovereign G OD swears irrevocably: Behold, days are coming upon you When you will be carried off in baskets, And, to the last one, in fish baskets,
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Summary: Rabbi Natan the Babylonian cites Psalms קו:ב. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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Who can tell G OD ’s mighty acts, proclaim all due praises?
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Summary: Rabbi Natan the Babylonian cites Ecclesiastes ט:ו. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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Their loves, their hates, their jealousies have long since perished; and they have no more share till the end of time in all that goes on under the sun.
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Summary: Rabbi Natan the Babylonian cites Psalms תהילים ט:ז. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
