Talmud zu Ijow 36:19

HALAKHAH: Rebbi Ḥama bar Uqba in the name of Rebbi Yose ben Ḥanina: One blows the shofar for the failure of the flax crop. What is the reason? Horrible and execrable things happened in the land⁶⁷Jer. 5:30.. Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman in the name of Rebbi Jonathan: One blows the shofar about hot East wind⁶⁸Which coming from the Arabian desert is very dry and threatens to dry out growing crops.. What is the reason? I went black without sun⁶⁹The sand blown by the East wind makes the sun disappear in a haze., I rose in the assembly to pray⁷⁰Job 30:28.. Rebbi Eleazar said, honor your healer before you need him⁷¹A quote from Sirachides 38:1.. What is the reason? If your prayer had preceded your need, and all efforts of power⁷²Job 36:19. Just as one should have good relations with one’s doctor before sickness strikes, so one should pray to prevent bad things to happen. The ḥamsin itself is not dangerous but it points to dangerous consequences.. Rebbi Joḥanan and Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish. Rebbi Joḥanan said, [if you prayed, no one up high will begrudge you, but all will reinforce your power, and all efforts of power. Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, if you prayed,]⁷³Corrector’s addition from the quote in Yalqut Job #920. A different, more explicit, version in the Babli, Sanhedrin 44b. do not keep your mouth narrow, but open your mouth and I shall fill it⁷⁴Ps. 81:11..