Yoma 21A

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And some say: The sound of Ridya as well. Ridya is the angel tasked with irrigating the earth, who calls to the heavens and to the aquifers to provide their water. The Talmud comments: And the rabbis asked for mercy so that the sound of the soul at the moment that it leaves the body would no longe

A baraita was taught in accordance with the opinion of R' Sheila: With regard to one who sets out on the path at night before keriat hagever and is killed by demons, his blood is on his own head, i.e., he is at fault. R' Yoshiya says: The prohibition of traveling at night is in effect until the r

§ Rav Yehuda said that Rav said: When the Jewish people ascend to Jerusalem for the pilgrimage Festivals they stand crowded, but when they bow during confession they are spaced so that no one hears the confession of another. And due to the large crowd they extend 11 cubits behind the Hall of the Ark

As we learned in a Mishnah: 10 miracles were performed in the Temple. No woman miscarried from the aroma of the sacrificial meat, as a pregnant woman craves various foods and occasionally that craving leads to miscarriage. And the sacrificial meat never putrefied. And no fly was seen in the slaught

The Talmud notes: This list opened with miracles that occurred in the Temple, and closed with miracles that occurred in Jerusalem. Apparently there were not actually 10 miracles performed in the Temple. The Talmud answers: There are two other miracles in the Temple, as it was taught in a baraita: R