Rodkinson 1918 — source 8, scan section 32
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Work: Babylonian Talmud
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Rodkinson 1918 — historical Talmud scan collection (20 source files)
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and rain fell after sunset. Then said the people : " Surely this is in praise of the congregation that after fasting and praying rain came." Said he to them again : " Nay, this is not to be con- sidered ; for it can be compared to a slave begging of his master, who says : ' Let him pray and trouble himself for some time be- TRACT TAANITH (FASTING). 77 fore I will give it to him.' ' What, then, does Samuel consider as praise for the congregation ? If when the sentence is read, " He causeth th…
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- Rodkinson 1918 — historical Talmud scan collection (20 source files)
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- eng
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