The latter being more dangerous.
So that his widow can remarry, the presumption being that the lions did not devour him and he escaped.
Hence the fear of a serpent is as great as that of a scorpion.
Of his falling upon them ; but normally they do no harm, if left alone.
M. : R. Isaac b. Judah.
Coming towards him while he is saying the Tefillah.
I.e. take all possible precautions.
I.e. it is liable to become wild.
See p. 113 n. 5.
According to J. T. R. Hannina was saying the Tefillah when the lizard bit him. His disciples asked him whether he had been injured, but he replied that he had felt nothing. They found the lizard dead ; and the Rabbi's escape was accounted for by the assertion that when a lizard bites a man, if the man reaches water first, the lizard dies ; but if the lizard gets there first, the man dies. In Hannina's case, a spring of water miraculously opened at his feet, which sealed the fate of the lizard.
See Singer, p. 44 bot.
Ibid. p. 47.
Ibid. p. 46.
Ibid. p. 51, "We give thanks."
It revives the produce of nature.
It requires wisdom to discern between the holy and the profane.
M.: R. Eleazar said.
Lit. between two letters.
From "it is forbidden" is omitted in M. and several early edd.
M. reads: Adda b. Ahabah. The parallel passage in Sanh. 92a reads: Rab Adda; and there is still another reading: Rab Adda of Kartignin (see p. 191 n. 8).
So the Hebrew literally.
Or, why is the Hebrew word for "vengeance" in the plural?
According to Jewish tradition, the Great Assembly was a body which came into existence in the time of Ezra, received the Torah from the prophets (cf. Abot 1:1, Singer, p. 184), and initiated many developments in Judaism (see J. E. xi. pp. 640 ff.). Modern criticism has thrown doubt upon this tradition (see Schurer ii. i. pp. 354 f.) and the existence of such a body is questioned. But see Abrahams, Pharisaism and the Gospels, p. 9.
And could afford wine.
In the Habdalah, Singer, p. 216.
So M. correctly. Edd. : Jose.
M.: Hiyya.
So M. correctly. Edd. : Hinnana.
M.: Abbai.