Talmud su Deuteronomio 11:12

Elijah, may he be well remembered⁹⁹This is the regular honorific given to Elijah when he is mentioned in his dealings with men. One cannot say “his remembrance for a blessing” as is done for people who died, since he did not die., asked Rebbi Nehorai¹⁰⁰A student of Rebbis Joshua and Tarphon, of the fourth generation of Tannaïm; his statements are mostly aggadic.: Why do earthquakes occur in the world? He said to him, because of sin concerning heave and tithes. One verse says (Deut. 11:12): The eyes of the Eternal, your God, are permanently on it. Another verse says (Ps. 104:32): He who gazes on the Earth and it trembles, He touches mountains and they smoke. How can these two verses coexist? If Israel fulfill the will of the Omnipresent and separate their tithes following the rules, “the eyes of the Eternal, your God, are permanently on it from the start to the end of the year” and they will not be hurt by anything. If Israel do not fulfill the will of the Omnipresent and do not separate their tithes following the rules, “He gazes on the Earth and it trembles.” He said to him, my son, that is the reasonable explanation. But the main thing is that if the Holy One, praise to Him, sees theatres and circuses existing in safety and quiet, but His temple is destroyed, He is menacing¹⁰¹Greek ἀπειλῶν. His world to destroy it; that is what is written (Jer. 25:30): “He will roar on His Place,” about His place. Rebbi Aḥa¹⁰²This shows that in homilies, precedents (even from such an authority as the prophet Elijah) do not count. said, because of homosexual activity. The Holy One, praise to Him, said: You made your member tremble for something that is not for you; by your life, I shall make My world tremble because of that man. But the rabbis said, because of quarrels (Zach. 14:5): “You will flee by the valley of the mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach Aẓel¹⁰³The relevant part of the verse is the one not quoted: “You shall flee as you fled because of the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah.” Uzziah quarreled with the priests and wanted to usurp their functions in the Temple. The earthquake was on that day, when Isaiah saw the Seraphim flying in the Temple (Seder Olam Chap. 20)..” Rebbi Samuel said, an earthquake presages a change of government, as one says (Jer. 51:29): “The earth quaked and trembled,” why? “for the intentions of the Eternal overtake Babylon.”

“And on Tabernacles they are judged about water.” ²⁵³The next sentences are from Sukkah 4:1, Notes 10–12. The Mishnah is Rebbi Aqiba’s²⁵⁴It can be asserted that Heaven determines the water supply only if there is a biblical connection between Tabernacles and water., since Rebbi Aqiba said the pouring of water is a word of the Torah: On the second day and their libations. On the sixth say, and its libations. On the seventh day, and its rules. מ י מ “water”. The Torah said, bring first-fruit barley on Passover that your grain be blessed; bring first-fruit wheat on Pentecost that your tree fruits be blessed²⁵⁵This seems to follow R. Jehudah who asserts (Babli Sanhedrin70b) that the Tree of Knowledge Good and Bad was wheat (Rashi to Babli 16a.). Therefore say, water libation on Tabernacles that your water be blessed. Rebbi Simeon ben Yoḥai stated: If Israel were acceptable on New Year’s Day and ample rain was decided for them, but in the end they sinned. To reduce it is impossible [since the decision had been rendered.]²⁵⁶Corrector’s addition, unsupported by G (but its meaning understood.) What does the Holy One, praise to Him, do? He disperses it into oceans, deserts, and rivers, so that the earth have no benefit from it. What is the reason? To let rain on manless earth, desert no human in it²⁵⁷Job38:26.. If Israel were not acceptable on New Year’s Day and scarce rain was decided for them, but in the end they repented. To augment it is impossible [since the decision had been rendered.]²⁵⁶Corrector’s addition, unsupported by G (but its meaning understood.) What does the Holy One, praise to Him, do? He brings it down appropriately for the land and blows dew and winds so that the earth benefit from it. What is the reason? Its furrows make fertile, bring down its bundles, make it fat by soft rains, bless its growth²⁵⁸Ps. 65:11.. Aridity, also heat, will steal the snow waters; they sinned to the pit²⁵⁹Job24:19. Introduction to the next sentence.. The sins which they committed during the summer robbed them of the snow waters. It is written²⁶⁰Deut. 11:12.: Always the eyes of the Eternal, your God, are on it, from the start of the year. Cahana said, it is written “from poverty.²⁶¹Babli 16b. Sparse rains at the start of the rainy period lead people to repentance.” He lets it suffer at the beginning and gives it a good future at the end.