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are increasingly diminished, and none ask and none seek. Upon whom is there to rely? Only upon our Father in Heaven.
He also said: In the times of the approach of the Messiah, impudence will increase and high costs will pile up. Although the vine shall bring forth its fruit, wine will nevertheless be expensive. And the monarchy shall turn to heresy, and there will be no one to give reproof about this. The meeting
And the wisdom of scribes will putrefy, and people who fear sin will be held in disgust, and the truth will be absent. The youth will shame the face of elders, elders will stand before minors. Normal family sex will be ruined: A son will disgrace a father; a daughter will rise up against her mother
§ Rav says concerning the decree banning the wearing of crowns that they taught this halakha only with regard to crowns of salt and sulfur, but those of myrtle and rose are permitted. And Shmuel says that even crowns of myrtle and rose are prohibited, but those made of reeds and bulrush are permitt
The Mishnah taught that the rabbis decreed against the wearing of crowns for bridegrooms and upon the drums. The Talmud poses a question: What is this drum [irus]? R' Elazar says: A drum with one mouth. The Talmud relates a story involving this instrument: Rabba bar Rav Huna made a tambourine for