Chi entra in una città emette due preghiere, una all'entrata e una all'uscita. Ben Azzai dice: Quattro, due all'entrata e due all'uscita. [Quando sta per entrare dice: "... che tu mi porti in questa città in pace". Una volta entrato, dice: "Ti ringrazio per avermi condotto in questa città in pace"—due entrando. Quando sta per andarsene, dice: "... che tu mi porti da questa città in pace". Una volta che se ne è andato, dice: "Ti ringrazio per avermi guidato da questa città in pace".] E ringrazia per il passato e grida per il futuro. [Perché tutto questo? Perché uno deve ringraziare il suo Creatore per il bene che ha sperimentato e deve pregare per il bene in futuro.]
Mishnah Avodah Zarah
If [a Jew] left his wine in a wagon or on a ship while he went along a short cut, entered a town and bathed, it is permitted. But if [the Jew] informed him that he was going away [and he was absent a length of time] sufficient for the other to bore a hole [in a jar], stop it up and [the sealing clay] to become dry, [the wine is prohibited]. Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says: [a length of time] sufficient for him to open a cask, put a new stopper on and [the new stopper] to become dry. If [a Jew] left a non-Jew in his shop, although he kept going in and out, [the wine there] is permitted. But if [the Jew] informed him that he was going away [and he was absent a length of time] sufficient for the other to bore a hole [in a jar], stop it up and [the sealing clay] to become dry, [the wine is prohibited]. Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says: [a length of time] sufficient for him to open a cask, put a new stopper on and [the new stopper] to become dry.