Талмуд к Таанит 3:16

¹⁵A parallel is in Taaniot 1:6 (64c line 37), ו. The Taaniot text is reproduced by Tosaphoti Taanit 13a, s. v. אמר.“Washing”. Rebbi Zeˋurah bar Ḥama, [Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Ḥanina.] in the name of Rebbi Joshua ben Levi: On a public fast day¹⁶A fast day called to pray for rain in a year of drought. one washes as usual his face, hands, and feet. On the Ninth of Av¹⁷The fast instituted to mourn the destruction of the Temple. one washes his hands and moves them over his face. On the day of Atonement one washes his hands, dries them with a towel, and moves the towel over his face. Rebbi Jonah moistened a rag and put it under the water pitcher¹⁸He soaked the rag before the start of the Day of Atonement, squeezed it and let it dry somewhat during the night so that the next morning it should be somewhat moist but not dripping.. But did we not state that there is no difference between a public fast and the Ninth of Av except the prohibition of work at places where they were used to it¹⁹There were places where the community had adopted the rule that one did not work on the Ninth of Av. Nowhere was this extended to fast days in years of drought.? If somebody was going²⁰On a day where washing was rabbinically forbidden. Babli 77b; Tosephta 4:5, to his teacher or to his daughter and crossed a lake or a river he does not worry²¹No rabbinic prohibition was violated... If his feet were dirtied he immerses them in water and does not worry. Rebbi Abba instructed following this Tanna. Rebbi Aḥa instructed that one who comes from the road and his feet are dulled, he may wash them in water. It was stated: A mourner and one in the ban²²Any weekday of the year, the mourner and the person in the ban are forbidden to wear leather shoes. The person in the ban has to follow these rules if he ever wants to have the ban lifted. Babli Moˋed qaṭan 15b. on a trip are permitted leather shoes. When they come to the town they shall take them off. The same applies to a public fast and the Ninth of Av²³For everybody..

Rebbi wanted to permit the Sabbatical year¹⁴⁵Since in the absence of a Temple and the distribution of land as ordered in the Torah, the Sabbatical year is observed as a Rabbinic ordinance, Rebbi wanted to allow cultivation of the land to help pay real estate taxes that were imposed irrespective of the yield. A generation later, R. Yannai did permit the cultivation of land for the payment of taxes and delivery of requisitioned produce to the Roman army (Yerushalmi Ševiït 4:2, Babli Sanhedrin26a, cf. Rashi there.) The parallel to the entire story is in Taäniot 3:1.. Rebbi Phineas ben Yaïr went to him. He said to him: how is the grain doing? He¹⁴⁶R. Phineas ben Yaïr. answered him: endives¹⁴⁷They are irrelevant for taxes or the army. are doing fine. He said to him: how is the grain doing? He answered him: endives are doing fine. From this, Rebbi understood that he did not agree with him. He said to him: Would the rabbi care to eat a bite with me today? He said to him, yes. When he came, he saw the she-mules¹⁴⁸Latin mulus. Yoma 8:5, it is stated that a white mule’s kick is life-threatening. Hence, white mules should not be kept by Jews. of Rebbi standing. He said, are all these fed by Jews? He will not see me again! They went and told this to Rebbi. Rebbi sent and wanted to pacify him. They found him in his city. He said, the people of my city should come close to me. The people of his city came and surrounded him. They said to them, Rebbi wants to make peace with him. They left him and went away. He said, my cousins¹⁴⁹In Taäniot: “My sons.” should come close to me. Fire descended from Heaven and surrounded him. They returned and told Rebbi. He said, since we did not have merit to eat our fill from him in this world, may we be worthy to eat our fill from him in the World to Come.

HALAKHAH: ²⁰⁸Mishnah Taˋaniot 3:14, about a fast in a year of drought which was cut short by rainfall. The text is Halakhah 3:14 in Taˋaniot (ו). There, we have stated: “They went, ate, and drank. In the evening they returned and red the Great Hallel.” What is the Great Hallel? Rebbi Pamakh in the name of Rebbi Ḥaninah; Give thanks to Almighty God²⁰⁹Ps. 136. Babli 118a.. Rebbi Joḥanan said, on condition of who stand in the Eternal’s house²¹⁰Ps. 135 as introduction to Ps. 136.. Why these two chapters? Because rainfall is included in them. In the opinion of Rebbi Joḥanan it is understandable, for it is written²¹¹Ps. 135:7., He brings up vapors from the ends of the earth. How is it for Rebbi Ḥaninah? Because it is written²¹²Ps.136:25., He gives nourishment to all flesh; Truly, His kindness is forever. Rebbi Abba, Rebbi Simon, both are saying, ours²¹³Ps. 113–118.. Rebbi Joshua ben Levi said, ours. Bar Qappara said, ours. Bar Qappara follows his opinion, as it was stated: “during the existence of a third group they never reached I am loving; truly the Eternal listened to my voice, my supplication, since its people were few.” Bar Qappara stated, this is the Great Hallel. A patrician stood before the Ark²¹⁴To be the reader in a service of thanksgiving for rain relieving a drought.; he said to them, repeat after me what I am saying. This implies that it is not ours²¹⁵If it were the regular Hallel, the congregation would not repeat the verses but answer every half-verse with “Hallelujah” (cf. Šabbat 16, Note 59).. Rebbi Mana said, it is ours. The miracle was great; therefore he said to them, repeat after me what I am saying²¹⁶Because of the extraordinary nature of the event, he changed the usual response to repetition of the entire Hallel..