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A baraita states: One who sees the houses of Israel inhabited and tranquil recites: Blessed…Who establishes the border of the widow. One who sees them in ruins he recites: Blessed…the true Judge. One who sees the houses of the non-Jewish nations inhabited recites: “YHWH will destroy the house of t
The Talmud relates that Ulla and Rav Ḥisda were once walking along the road when they came upon the doorway of the house of Rav Ḥana bar Ḥanilai. Rav Ḥisda groaned and sighed. Ulla asked him: Why are you sighing? Didn’t Rav say: Sighing breaks half of one’s body? As it is stated: “Sigh, therefore, y
Rav Ḥisda said to Ulla: How can I not sigh? We see this house where there were 60 cooks during the day and 60 cooks at night who would cook for anyone in need, and Rav Ḥana never removed his hand from his pocket because he thought: Perhaps a well-born poor person might come and in the time that pas
Ulla said to Rav Ḥisda: You have nothing about which to sigh, as R' Yoḥanan said as follows: From the day that the Temple was destroyed a decree was issued upon the houses of the righteous that they would be destroyed, as it is stated: “In mine ears said YHWH of hosts: Of a truth many houses shall b
A baraita states: One who sees graves of Israel recites: Blessed…Who formed you in judgment, and Who nourished you in judgment, and Who sustained you in judgment, and collected your soul in judgment, and in the future will raise you from the dead in judgment. And Mar, son of Ravina, concludes