מִי שֶׁנִּפְרְקָה יָדוֹ כּוּ׳. רַב אַוְיָא הֲוָה יָתֵיב קַמֵּיהּ דְּרַב יוֹסֵף, שַׁנְיָא לֵיהּ יְדֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הָכִי מַאי? אָסוּר. וְהָכִי מַאי? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אָסוּר. אַדְּהָכִי אִיתְּפַח יְדֵיהּ.
We learned in the mishna that one whose hand was dislocated may not treat it by vigorously moving it about in water. The Gemara relates that Rav Avya was once sitting before Rav Yosef and his hand became dislocated. Rav Avya then displayed a variety of hand positions and he said to him: What is the ruling with regard to this? Am I permitted to place my hand in this way, or is it a violation of the prohibition against healing on Shabbat? Rav Yosef said to him: It is prohibited. Rav Avya again asked: And what is the ruling if I position my hand in this way? Rav Yosef said to him: It is prohibited. In the meantime, his hand was restored to its proper location and was healed.
תניא אמר רבי יוסי שח לי זקן אחד מאנשי ירושלים עשרים וארבעה מוכי שחין הן וכולן אמרו חכמים תשמיש קשה להן ובעלי ראתן קשה מכולן ממאי הוי דתניא הקיז דם ושימש הויין לו בנים ויתיקין הקיזו שניהם ושימשו הויין לו בנים בעלי ראתן אמר רב פפא לא אמרן אלא דלא טעים מידי אבל טעים מידי לית לן בה מאי סימניה דלפן עיניה ודייבי נחיריה ואיתי ליה רירא מפומיה ורמו דידבי עילויה ומאי אסותיה אמר אביי פילא ולודנא גירדא דאגוזא וגירדא דאשפא וכליל מלכא ומתחלא דדיקלא סומקא ושליק להו בהדי הדדי ומעייל ליה לביתא דשישא ואי לא איכא ביתא דשישא מעייל ליה לביתא דשב לבני ואריחא ונטיל ליה תלת מאה כסי על רישיה עד דרפיא ארעיתא דמוחיה וקרע למוחיה ומייתי ארבע טרפי דאסא ומדלי כל חד כרעא ומותיב חד ושקיל בצבתא וקלי ליה דאי לא הדר עילויה מכריז רבי יוחנן הזהרו מזבובי של בעלי ראתן רבי זירא לא הוה יתיב בזיקיה רבי אלעזר לא עייל באהליה רבי אמי ורבי אסי לא הוו אכלי מביעי דההיא מבואה ריב"ל מיכרך בהו ועסיק בתורה אמר (משלי ה, יט) אילת אהבים ויעלת חן אם חן מעלה על לומדיה אגוני לא מגנא
It is taught in a baraita: Rabbi Yosei said: A certain Elder from among the residents of Jerusalem told me that there are twenty-four types of patients afflicted with boils, and with regard to all of them the Sages said that sexual relations are harmful to them, and those afflicted with ra’atan, a severe skin disease characterized by extreme weakness and trembling, are harmed even more than all of the others. The Gemara asks: From where and how does this disease come about? The Gemara answers: As it is taught in a baraita: One who let blood and immediately afterward engaged in sexual relations will have weak [vitaykin] children. If both of them let blood and then engaged in sexual relations, he will have children afflicted with ra’atan. Rav Pappa said in response: We said this only if he did not taste anything between bloodletting and intercourse, but if he tasted something we have no problem with it, as it is not dangerous. The Gemara inquires: What are the symptoms of ra’atan? His eyes water, his nose runs, drool comes out of his mouth, and flies rest upon him. The Gemara further inquires: And what is his cure to remove the insect found in his head, which is associated with this illness? Abaye said: One takes pila and ladanum [lodana], which are types of grasses; and the ground shell of a nut; and shavings of smoothed hides; and artemisia [kelil malka]; and the calyx of a red date palm. And one cooks them together and brings the patient into a marble house, i.e., one that is completely sealed. And if there is no marble house available, the one performing the treatment brings the patient into a house whose walls have the thickness of seven bricks and one small brick. And the one performing the treatment pours three hundred cups of this mixture on the patient’s head until his skull is soft, and then he tears open the patient’s skull to expose his brain, and brings four myrtle leaves and lifts up each time one foot of the insect that is found on the patient’s brain, and places one leaf under each foot of the insect so as to prevent it from attempting to cling to his brain when it is forcibly removed, and subsequently takes it with tweezers. And he then burns the insect, because if he does not burn it, it will return to him. Rabbi Yoḥanan would announce: Be careful of the flies found on those afflicted with ra’atan, as they are carriers of the disease. Rabbi Zeira would not sit in a spot where the wind blew from the direction of someone afflicted with ra’atan. Rabbi Elazar would not enter the tent of one afflicted with ra’atan, and Rabbi Ami and Rabbi Asi would not eat eggs from an alley in which someone afflicted with ra’atan lived. Conversely, Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi would attach himself to them and study Torah, saying as justification the verse: “The Torah is a loving hind and a graceful doe” (Proverbs 5:19). If it bestows grace on those who learn it, does it not protect them from illness?
לוי אחוי קידה קמיה דרבי ואיטלע
The Gemara relates that Levi once demonstrated the form of kidda that was performed by the High Priest before Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi. This bowing was especially difficult, as it involved bending from the waist until his head reached the ground, supporting his body with his thumbs, and then rising at once. In the course of his demonstration, Levi dislocated his hip and became lame.
(במדבר יד, לז) וימותו האנשים מוציאי דבת הארץ רעה במגפה אמר רבי שמעון בן לקיש שמתו מיתה משונה אמר רבי חנינא בר פפא דרש ר' שילא איש כפר תמרתא מלמד שנשתרבב לשונם ונפל על טיבורם והיו תולעים יוצאות מלשונם ונכנסות בטיבורם ומטיבורם ונכנסות בלשונם ורב נחמן בר יצחק אמר באסכרה מתו
The verse states: “And those men who brought out an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the Lord” (Numbers 14:37). Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish says: This means that they died an unusual death. Rabbi Ḥanina bar Pappa says that Rabbi Sheila Ish Kefar Temarta taught: This teaches that their tongues were stretched out from their mouths and fell upon their navels, and worms were crawling out of their tongues and entering their navels, and worms were likewise coming out of their navels and entering their tongues. This is the painful death that they suffered. And Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak says: They died of diphtheria, which causes one to choke to death.
תניא אבא שאול אומר קובר מתים הייתי והייתי מסתכל בעצמות של מתים השותה יין חי עצמותיו שרופין מזוג עצמותיו סכויין כראוי עצמותיו משוחין וכל מי ששתייתו מרובה מאכילתו עצמותיו שרופין אכילתו מרובה משתייתו עצמותיו סכויין כראוי עצמותיו משוחין תניא אבא שאול אומר ואיתימא רבי יוחנן קובר מתים הייתי פעם אחת רצתי אחר צבי ונכנסתי בקולית של מת ורצתי אחריו שלש פרסאות וצבי לא הגעתי וקולית לא כלתה כשחזרתי לאחורי אמרו לי של עוג מלך הבשן היתה תניא אבא שאול אומר קובר מתים הייתי פעם אחת נפתחה מערה תחתי ועמדתי בגלגל עינו של מת עד חוטמי כשחזרתי לאחורי אמרו עין של אבשלום היתה ושמא תאמר אבא שאול ננס הוה אבא שאול ארוך בדורו הוה ורבי טרפון מגיע לכתפו ור' טרפון ארוך בדורו הוה ור"מ מגיע לכתפו רבי מאיר ארוך בדורו הוה ורבי מגיע לכתפו רבי ארוך בדורו הוה
With regard to the effect of drinking wine on a person’s body, it is taught in a baraita that Abba Shaul says: I used to be a gravedigger, and I would observe the bones of corpses. I discovered that the bones of one who drinks too much undiluted wine during his lifetime look burnt, the bones of one who drinks too much diluted wine are black, and the bones of one who drinks the appropriate amount of wine are fat, i.e., full of marrow. And furthermore, I discovered that the bones of anyone who drinks much more than he eats look burnt, the bones of one who eats much more than he drinks are black, and the bones of one who eats and drinks appropriate amounts are fat. It is taught in a baraita that Abba Shaul says the following, and some say that Rabbi Yoḥanan said it: I used to be a gravedigger. Once I ran after a deer, and I entered the thighbone of a corpse; and it was so large that I ran after the deer for three parasangs inside the thighbone, and although I did not reach the deer, the thighbone did not end. When I came back and related this to the Sages, they said to me: It was evidently the thighbone of Og, king of Bashan, a known giant. It is likewise taught in a baraita that Abba Shaul says: I used to be a gravedigger. Once a burial cave opened up underneath where I was standing, and I found myself standing in the eye socket of a corpse until my nose. When I came back and told this to the Sages, they said to me: It was evidently the eye of Absalom. And lest you say that Abba Shaul was a midget, and therefore he was capable of standing in an eye socket until his nose, Abba Shaul was the tallest person in his generation. And Rabbi Tarfon reached only his shoulder, and Rabbi Tarfon was the tallest person in his generation. And Rabbi Meir reached only the shoulder of Rabbi Tarfon, and Rabbi Meir was the tallest person in his generation. And Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi reached only the shoulder of Rabbi Meir, and Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi was the tallest person in his generation.
רָבָא אָמַר: רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר הִיא, דְּאָמַר מַכְשִׁירֵי מִצְוָה דּוֹחִין אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת. וּמוֹדֶה רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר דְּכַמָּה דְּאֶפְשָׁר לְשַׁנּוֹיֵי מְשַׁנִּינַן. מַאי הִיא, דְּתַנְיָא: כֹּהֵן שֶׁעָלְתָה בּוֹ יַבֶּלֶת — חֲבֵירוֹ חוֹתְכָהּ לוֹ בְּשִׁינָּיו. בְּשִׁינָּיו — אִין, בִּכְלִי — לָא. חֲבֵירוֹ — אִין, אִיהוּ — לָא.
Rava stated a different resolution of the contradiction between the two mishnayot: The mishna which permits the cutting of a wart, is according to Rabbi Eliezer, who said that the preparations for the performance of a mitzva override the prohibitions of Shabbat, and it is therefore permitted to cut the wart by hand. And if you say that in that case one should be permitted to do so with an instrument as well, Rabbi Eliezer concedes that as much as it is possible to alter the manner in which a procedure is performed to prevent violation of a Torah prohibition, we alter it, to emphasize that the day is Shabbat. What is the source for this idea? As it was taught in a baraita: If a priest grew a wart, which temporarily disqualifies him from performing the service, his fellow priest may cut it off for him on Shabbat with his teeth. The Gemara infers: With his teeth, yes, this is permitted; but with an instrument, no, he may not do so. Likewise, for his fellow priest, yes, he may cut off his wart; but he himself, no, he may not cut off his own wart.
דְּנָכֵית לֵיהּ מָיֵית מַאי תַּקַּנְתֵּיהּ אָמַר אַבָּיֵי נֵיתֵי מַשְׁכָּא דְּאַפָּא דִּיכְרָא וְנִיכְתּוֹב עֲלֵיהּ אֲנָא פְּלָנְיָא בַּר פְּלָנִיתָא אַמַּשְׁכָּא דְּאַפָּא דִּיכְרָא כָּתֵיבְנָא עֲלָךְ כַּנְתִּי כַּנְתִּי קְלֵירוֹס וְאָמְרִי לַהּ קַנְדִּי קַנְדִּי קְלוֹרוֹס יָהּ יָהּ ה׳ צְבָאוֹת אָמֵן אָמֵן סֶלָה וְנִשְׁלְחִינְהוּ לְמָאנֵיהּ וְלִקְבְּרִינְהוּ בֵּי קִבְרֵי עַד תְּרֵיסַר יַרְחֵי שַׁתָּא וְנַפְּקִינְהוּ וְנִקְלִינְהוּ בְּתַנּוּרָא וּנְבַדְּרִינְהוּ לְקִטְמֵיהּ אַפָּרָשַׁת דְּרָכִים וְהָנָךְ תְּרֵיסַר יַרְחֵי שַׁתָּא כִּי שָׁתֵי מַיָּא לָא לִישְׁתֵּי אֶלָּא בְּגוּבְתָּא דִנְחָשָׁא דִּילְמָא חָזֵי בָּבוּאָה דְּשֵׁידָא וְלִיסְתַּכַּן כִּי הָא דְּאַבָּא בַּר מָרְתָא הוּא אַבָּא בַּר מִנְיוֹמֵי עֲבַדָא לֵיהּ אִימֵּיהּ גּוּבְתָּא דְּדַהֲבָא
The Gemara continues to discuss the baraita: One bitten by a mad dog will die. The Gemara asks: What is the remedy? Abaye said: Let him bring the skin of a male hyena and write on it: I, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, am writing this spell about you upon the skin of a male hyena: Kanti kanti kelirus. And some say he should write: Kandi kandi keloros. He then writes names of God, Yah, Yah, Lord of Hosts, amen amen Selah. And let him take off his clothes and bury them in a cemetery for twelve months of the year, after which he should take them out, and burn them in an oven, and scatter the ashes at a crossroads. And during those twelve months of the year, when his clothes are buried, when he drinks water, let him drink only from a copper tube and not from a spring, lest he see the image of the demon in the water and be endangered, like the case of Abba bar Marta, who is also called Abba bar Manyumi, whose mother made him a gold tube for this purpose.
לֵימָא מְסַיַּיע לֵיהּ מִי שֶׁאֲחָזוֹ יֵרָקוֹן מַאֲכִילִין אוֹתוֹ בְּשַׂר חֲמוֹר מִי שֶׁנְּשָׁכוֹ כֶּלֶב שׁוֹטֶה מַאֲכִילִין אוֹתוֹ מֵחֲצַר כָּבֵד שֶׁלּוֹ וְהַחוֹשֵׁשׁ בְּפִיו מְטִילִין לוֹ סַם בְּשַׁבָּת דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מַתְיָא בֶּן חָרָשׁ וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים בְּאֵילּוּ אֵין בָּהֶם מִשּׁוּם רְפוּאָה בְּאֵלּוּ לְמַעוֹטֵי מַאי מַאי לָאו לְמַעוֹטֵי סַם
Let us say that this baraita supports him: With regard to one who is seized with yerakon, one feeds him donkey meat as medicine; with regard to one whom a mad dog bit, one feeds him the lobe of its liver; in the case of one who has pain in his mouth, one puts medicine in his mouth on Shabbat; this is the statement of Rabbi Matya ben Ḥarash. And the Rabbis say: These have no value as a remedy. The Rabbis used the term these, to exclude what? What, is it not to exclude this medicine for tzefidna, which the Rabbis agree is permitted on Shabbat?
כְּרוּב לְמָזוֹן וּתְרָדִין לִרְפוּאָה. כְּרוּב לְמָזוֹן אִין, וְלִרְפוּאָה לָא? וְהָא תַּנְיָא: שִׁשָּׁה דְּבָרִים מְרַפְּאִין אֶת הַחוֹלֶה מֵחׇלְיוֹ וּרְפוּאָתָן רְפוּאָה, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: כְּרוּב וּתְרָדִין וּמֵי סִיסִין דְּבַשׁ וְקֵיבָה וְהֶרֶת וְיוֹתֶרֶת הַכָּבֵד! אֶלָּא אֵימָא ״כְּרוּב אַף לְמָזוֹן״.
Cabbage for nourishment and beets for healing. The Gemara asks: Is cabbage good for nourishment and not for healing? Wasn’t it taught in a baraita: Six things cure the ill person of his disease and their cure is an effective cure, and these are: Cabbage, beets, chamomile water, honey, stomach, heret, and liver. Evidently, cabbage is also good for healing. The Gemara responds: Rather, say: Cabbage is even for sustenance and all the more so for healing, which is not the case with beets.
תָּנֵי יְהוּדָה בַּר גְּרוֹגְרוֹת אָסוּר לֵישֵׁב עַל גַּבֵּי טִינָא בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי וּבְטִינָא מְטַפַּחַת אָמַר אַבָּיֵי וּבְטוֹפֵחַ עַל מְנָת לְהַטְפִּיחַ אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה מוּתָּר לְהִצְטַנֵּן בְּפֵירוֹת רַב יְהוּדָה מִצְטַנֵּן בְּקָרָא רַבָּה מִצְטַנֵּן בְּיָנוֹקָא רָבָא מִצְטַנֵּן בְּכָסָא דְכַסְפָּא אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא כָּסָא דְכַסְפָּא מָלֵא אָסוּר חָסֵר שְׁרֵי דְּפַחְרָא אִידֵּי וְאִידֵּי אָסוּר מִשּׁוּם דְּמִישְׁחָל שָׁחֵיל רַב אָמַר כָּסָא דְכַסְפָּא חָסֵר נָמֵי אָסוּר מִשּׁוּם דְּמִזְדָרֵיב
§ The Gemara continues to discuss the laws of Yom Kippur: Yehuda bar Gerogarot taught: It is prohibited to sit on damp clay on Yom Kippur. Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: This prohibition applies only when the clay is dripping wet, when one feels its wetness when touching it. Abaye said in clarification: It must be dripping wet enough to make something else wet. Rav Yehuda said: One is permitted to cool off with fruit on Yom Kippur, and it is not considered bathing. Similarly, when Rav Yehuda suffered from the heat on Yom Kippur he cooled off by putting a squash on himself. Rabba cooled off by placing a baby [yanuka] next to him, because a baby’s body is cold. Rava cooled off with a silver cup. Rav Pappa said: If the silver cup is full, it is prohibited; however, if it is not full, it is permitted. With regard to a ceramic cup, both this and that are prohibited, since the water seeps through the cup, causing a violation of the prohibition of bathing. Rav Ashi said: A silver cup that is not full is also prohibited because it can slip [mizderiv] from his hand and spill.
במתניתא תנא ששים עד שנעשה כביצה המוזרת והיא היתה כערוגה מליאה מים אמר רב כהנא ומושבה בית סאה תני רב יוסף קבר שלה אמה
It was taught in a baraita: Zimri engaged in intercourse sixty times until he became like an addled egg whose contents are a muddled and non-differentiated fluid, and Cozbi was like a garden bed full of water. Rav Kahana said to underscore her disgrace resulting from her extensive sexual activity: And her seat was as wide as the area required for sowing one se’a of seed [beit se’a]. Rav Yosef taught: The opening of her womb was a cubit.
אֲמַרָה הָהִיא מַטְרוֹנִיתָא לְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה: מוֹרֶה וְרָוֵי? אֲמַר לַהּ: הֵימָנוּתָא בִּידָא דְּהָהִיא אִיתְּתָא, אִי טָעֵימְנָא אֶלָּא קִידּוּשָׁא וְאַבְדָּלְתָּא וְאַרְבְּעָה כָּסֵי דְפִסְחָא, וְחוֹגְרַנִי צִידְעַי מִן הַפֶּסַח עַד הָעֲצֶרֶת, אֶלָּא: ״חׇכְמַת אָדָם תָּאִיר פָּנָיו״.
The Gemara cites related incidents: A certain gentile lady [matronita] said to Rabbi Yehuda, whose face was ruddy: How can one teach the Jews and be a drunk at the same time? He said to her: I place my integrity in the hands of this woman and should no longer be deemed credible if I ever taste any wine except for that of kiddush, havdala, and the four cups of Passover. And after I drink those four cups I tie my temples from Passover to Shavuot, as wine gives me a headache. Rather, my complexion is explained by the verse “A man’s wisdom makes his face to shine” (Ecclesiastes 8:1).
וְכוֹס עִקָּרִין. מַאי כּוֹס עִקָּרִין? אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: לַיְיתֵי מַתְקַל זוּזָא קוּמָא אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרָיָא, וּמַתְקַל זוּזָא גַּבְיָא גִּילָא, וּמַתְקַל זוּזָא כּוּרְכְּמָא רִישְׁקָא, וְלִישְׁחֲקִינְהוּ בַּהֲדֵי הֲדָדֵי. לְזָבָה — תְּלָתָא בְּחַמְרָא, וְלָא מִיעַקְרָא. לְיַרְקוֹנָא — תְּרֵין בְּשִׁיכְרָא, וּמִיעֲקַר. לְזָבָה תְּלָתָא בְּחַמְרָא, וְלָא מִיעַקְרָא. וְאִי לָא — לַיְיתֵי תְּלָתָא קְפִיזֵי שַׁמְכֵי פָרְסָאֵי, וְנִישְׁלוֹק בְּחַמְרָא, וְנַשְׁקְיַיהּ, וְנֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לוֹתְבַהּ אַפָּרָשַׁת דְּרָכִים, וְלַנְקְטַהּ כָּסָא דְחַמְרָא בִּידַהּ, וְלַיְתֵי אִינִישׁ מֵאֲחוֹרַהּ וְלִיבַעֲתַהּ, וְלֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי בּוּנָא דְכַמּוֹנָא וּבוּנָא דְמוֹרִיקָא וּבוּנָא דְשַׁבְּלִילְתָּא, וְנִישְׁלוֹק בְּחַמְרָא, וְנַשְׁקְיַיהּ, וְנֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי שִׁיתִּין שִׁיעֵי דְּדַנָּא, וְלַשְׁפְּיַהּ, וְלֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי פְּשִׁיטְנָא, וְלִישְׁלוֹק בְּחַמְרָא, וְלִשְׁפְּיַהּ, וְנֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי חַרְנוּגָא דְּהִיגְתָּא רוֹמִיתָא, וְלִיקְלֵי, וְלִיסְּבַהּ בְּשַׁחֲקֵי דְכִיתָּנָא בְּקַיְיטָא וּבְשַׁחֲקֵי דַּעֲמַר גּוּפְנָא בְּסִיתְוָא. וְאִי לָא — לִיכְרֵי שְׁבַע בֵּירֵי, וְלִיקְלֵי בְּהוּ שְׁבִישָׁתָא (יַלְדָּה) דְעׇרְלָה, וְלַינְקְטַהּ כָּסָא דְחַמְרָא בִּידַהּ, וְלוֹקְמַהּ מֵהָא וְלוֹתְבַהּ אַהָא, וְלוֹקְמַהּ מֵהָא וְלוֹתְבַהּ אַהָא, וְאַכֹּל חֲדָא וַחֲדָא לֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְיתֵי סְמִידָא, וְלֵיסְכַהּ מִפַּלְגָא לְתַתַּאי, וְלֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי בֵּיעֲתָא דְנַעָמִיתָא, וְלִיקְלֵי, וְלִיסְּבַהּ בְּשַׁחֲקֵי דְכִיתָּנָא בְּקַיְיטָא וּבְשַׁחֲקֵי דַעֲמַר גּוּפְנָא בְּסִיתְוָא. וְאִי לָא — לִיפְתַּח לַהּ חָבִיתָא דְחַמְרָא לִשְׁמַהּ. וְאִי לָא — לִנְקִיט שְׂעָרְתָּא דְּמִשְׁתַּכְחָא בִּכְפוּתָא דְּכוּדַנְיָא חִיוָּרְתָּא, אִי נָקְטָה חַד יוֹמָא — פָּסְקָה תְּרֵי יוֹמֵי, וְאִי נָקְטָה תְּרֵי יוֹמֵי — פָּסְקָה תְּלָתָא יוֹמֵי, וְאִי נָקְטָה תְּלָתָא יוֹמֵי — פָּסְקָה לְעוֹלָם.
And we also learned about a kos ikarin in the mishna. The Gemara asks: What is a kos ikarin? Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Let one bring the weight of a zuz of Alexandrian gum, and a weight of a zuz of alum, and a weight of a zuz of garden saffron, and let one grind them together. The procedure for treating a zava is that she should drink these three ingredients with wine, and she will be cured of her emission and will not become barren. For treating jaundice one should drink two of these ingredients with beer; however, one will become sterile from it. It was said that for treating a zava, she should drink these three ingredients with wine and she will be healed from her emission and will not become barren. And if it is not effective, let one bring three vessels full of Persian onions, and boil them in wine, and give it to her to drink. And we say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if that is not effective, seat her at a crossroads, and she should take a cup of wine in her hand, and let a person come from behind her and frighten her and say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if this is also not effective, bring her a fistful [buna] of cumin, and a fistful of saffron, and a fistful of fenugreek, and cook them in wine, and give it to her to drink, and say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if this is not effective, let one bring sixty barrel seals, soak them, and then spread it on her and say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if this is also does not effective, let one bring pashtina, a type of grass, boil it in wine, and then spread it on her and say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if this is not effective, let one bring a thistle that grows on Roman thorns and burn it, and place its ashes in rags from linen clothing in the summer and in rags from cotton clothing in the winter. And if this is not effective, let one dig seven pits and burn young grape shoots in them from vines that are orla, and place a cup of wine in her hand and raise her up from that pit and sit her in another pit, and raise her from that pit and sit her in this pit, and raise her from that pit and sit her in this other pit. And each and every time say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if this is not effective, let one bring fine flour and place it on the bottom half of her body and say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if this is not effective, let one bring an ostrich egg and burn it, and place its ashes in linen rags during the summer, and in cotton rags during the winter. And if this is also not effective, let one open a barrel of wine for her, and let her drink it. And if this is not effective, let one hold a barley grain that is found in the dung of a white donkey. If she holds it for one day her discharge will cease for two days; and if she holds it for two days it will cease for three days, and if she holds it for three days it will cease forever.
בִּשְׁלָמָא ״הָבִיאוּ נֶתֶר, הָבִיאוּ מַסְרֵק״ — קָמַשְׁמַע לַן דְּבָרִים שֶׁל חוֹל מוּתָּר לְאוֹמְרָם בִּלְשׁוֹן קֹדֶשׁ. ״פִּתְחוּ פּוּמַּיְיכוּ וְאַפִּיקוּ הַבְלָא״ — נָמֵי כְּדִשְׁמוּאֵל, דְּאָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: הַבְלָא מַפֵּיק הַבְלָא. אֶלָּא ״אִשְׁתוּ מַיָּא דְּבֵי בָאנֵי״ מַאי מְעַלְּיוּתָא? דְּתַנְיָא אָכַל וְלֹא שָׁתָה — אֲכִילָתוֹ דָּם, וְזֶהוּ תְּחִילַּת חוֹלִי מֵעַיִים. אָכַל וְלֹא הָלַךְ אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת — אֲכִילָתוֹ מַרְקֶבֶת, וְזֶהוּ תְּחִילַּת רֵיחַ רַע. הַנִּצְרָךְ לִנְקָבָיו וְאָכַל — דּוֹמֶה לְתַנּוּר שֶׁהִסִּיקוּהוּ עַל גַּבֵּי אֶפְרוֹ, וְזֶהוּ תְּחִילַּת רֵיחַ זוּהֲמָא. רָחַץ בְּחַמִּין וְלֹא שָׁתָה מֵהֶן — דּוֹמֶה לְתַנּוּר שֶׁהִסִּיקוּהוּ מִבְּחוּץ וְלֹא הִסִּיקוּהוּ מִבִּפְנִים. רָחַץ בְּחַמִּין וְלֹא נִשְׁתַּטֵּף בְּצוֹנֵן — דּוֹמֶה לְבַרְזֶל שֶׁהִכְנִיסוּהוּ לָאוּר וְלֹא הִכְנִיסוּהוּ לְצוֹנֵן. רָחַץ וְלֹא סָךְ — דּוֹמֶה לְמַיִם עַל גַּבֵּי חָבִית.
The Gemara analyzes the lessons learned from this story. Granted, when Rav Yehuda said: Bring me natron, bring me a comb, he was teaching us that mundane matters are permitted to be spoken in the bathhouse, even in the sacred language. When he said: Open your mouths and let out air, that too is in accordance with that which Shmuel said, as Shmuel said: Heat produces heat. The hot air that one inhales causes him to sweat more quickly. However, drink the water of the bathhouse, what benefit is there in doing that? The Gemara answers: As it was taught in a baraita: One who ate and did not drink at all, what he ate becomes blood and that causes the onset of intestinal disease. One who ate and did not walk four cubits after eating, what he ate rots and that causes the onset of bad breath. One who needs to defecate and ate is similar to an oven that was lit on top of its ashes. When ashes from a previous fire are not swept out, and new logs are placed on top of the old ones, it inhibits the burning and dirties the oven, and that causes the onset of odor of the filth of perspiration in a person. As far as our matter is concerned, the baraita teaches: One who bathed in hot water and did not drink from it is like an oven that was lit from the outside and not lit from the inside. The lighting is ineffective and the oven does not heat properly. Rav Yehuda told his servants to drink the hot water while bathing so that they would be heated from the inside and the outside. The baraita continues: One who bathed in hot water and did not rinse afterward with cold water is like iron that was placed in the fire and not placed afterward in cold water, which leaves the iron soft. And one who bathed and did not smear himself with oil afterward is like water that was poured on top of a barrel, and not into it. The water spills outside the barrel.
לְסִימְטָא, לֵימָא הָכִי: ״בַּז, בַּזְיָיה, מַס, מַסְיָיא, כַּס, כַּסְיָיה, שִׁרְלַאי, וַאֲמַרְלַאי, אִלֵּין מַלְאֲכֵי דְּאִישְׁתְּלַחוּ מֵאַרְעָא דִסְדוֹם וּלְאַסָּאָה שְׁחִינָא כְּאִיבִין, בְּזָךְ, בַּזַיִךְ, בַּזְבְּזִיךְ, מַסְמְסִיךְ, כַּמּוֹן, כָּמִיךְ, עֵינִיךְ בִּיךְ, עֵינִיךְ בִּיךְ, אַתְרִיךְ בִּיךְ, זַרְעִיךְ כְּקָלוּט וּכְפִרְדָּה דְּלָא פָּרָה וְלָא רָבְיָא, כָּךְ לָא תִּפְרֵה וְלָא תִּרְבֵּה בְּגוּפֵיהּ דִּפְלוֹנִי בַּר פְּלוֹנִית״.
For healing boils, let him recite as follows: Baz, Bazya, Mas, Masya, Kas, Kasya, Sharlai, and Amarlai, these are the angels who were sent from the land of Sodom and this was all in order to heal painful boils. Bazakh, Bazikh, Bazbazikh, Masmasikh, Kamon, Kamikh, may your appearance remain with you, may your appearance remain with you, i.e., the boils should not grow redder. May your place remain with you, i.e., they should not spread, may your, the boils’, seed be like one who is barren and like a mule that is not fruitful and does not multiply, so too, do not increase and do not multiply in the body of so-and-so, son of so-and-so.
אָמַר אַבָּיֵי, אֲמַרָה לִי אֵם: כֹּל מִנְיָינֵי — בִּשְׁמָא דְאִימָּא, וְכֹל קִטְרֵי — בִּשְׂמָאלָא. וְאָמַר אַבָּיֵי, אֲמַרָה לִי אֵם: כֹּל מִנְיָינֵי דְּמִפָּרְשִׁי — כִּדְמִפָּרְשִׁי, וּדְלָא מִפָּרְשִׁי — אַרְבְּעִין וְחַד זִימְנֵי.
The Gemara cites additional statements said by Abaye in the name of the woman who raised him with regard to remedies. Abaye said, Mother said to me: All incantations that are repeated are intoned using the name of the mother of the one requiring the incantation, and all knots tied for the purpose of healing are tied on the left. And Abaye said, Mother said to me: All incantations for which the number of times they must be intoned is specified, one recites them as they are specified; and those for which the number of times they must be intoned is not specified, one recites them forty-one times.
בֶּן אֲחִייָה עַל חוֹלֵי מֵיעַיִם. עַל יְדֵי שֶׁהָיוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים מְהַלְּכִין יְחֵיפִים עַל הָרִצְפָּה וְהָיוּ אוֹכְלִין בָּשָׂר וְשׁוֹתִין מַיִם הָיוּ בָאִין לִידֵי חוֹלֵי מֵיעַיִם. וַהֲוָה יְדַע אֲהֵיי דֵין חֲמַר טַב לִמְעַייָא. וְהֵיי דֵין חֲמַר סְמַס לִמְעַייָא.
§ The mishna states that ben Aḥiyya was appointed to treat those priests who suffered from intestinal disease. The Gemara explains why priests were particularly susceptible to this ailment. Since the priests would walk barefoot on the floor, even when it was cold, as their feet had to be in contact with the stones of the Temple floor, and since they would eat a lot of meat from the offerings and drink a lot of water, they would contract intestinal disease. And ben Aḥiyya knew that this particular type of wine was good for healing the intestines, and that this other type of wine was effective intestinal medicine.
רַב נַחְמָן וְרַבִּי יִצְחָק הֲווֹ יָתְבִי בִּסְעוּדְתָּא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב נַחְמָן לְרַבִּי יִצְחָק: לֵימָא מָר מִילְּתָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ, הָכִי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: אֵין מְסִיחִין בִּסְעוּדָה, שֶׁמָּא יַקְדִּים קָנֶה לְוֶשֶׁט וְיָבֹא לִידֵי סַכָּנָה. בָּתַר דִּסְעוּד אֲמַר לֵיהּ, הָכִי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: יַעֲקֹב אָבִינוּ לֹא מֵת. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: וְכִי בִּכְדִי סְפַדוּ סַפְדָּנַיָּא וַחֲנַטוּ חָנְטַיָּיא וּקְבַרוּ קַבָּרַיָּיא? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מִקְרָא אֲנִי דּוֹרֵשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְאַתָּה אַל תִּירָא עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב נְאֻם ה׳ וְאַל תֵּחַת יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי הִנְנִי מוֹשִׁיעֲךָ מֵרָחוֹק וְאֶת זַרְעֲךָ מֵאֶרֶץ שִׁבְיָם״, מַקִּישׁ הוּא לְזַרְעוֹ: מָה זַרְעוֹ בַּחַיִּים — אַף הוּא בַּחַיִּים. אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: כׇּל הָאוֹמֵר ״רָחָב״ ״רָחָב״ מִיָּד נִקְרֵי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב נַחְמָן: אֲנָא אָמֵינָא וְלָא אִיכְפַּת לִי! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: כִּי קָאָמֵינָא, בְּיוֹדְעָהּ וּבְמַכִּירָהּ.
§ In continuation of Rav Naḥman’s questions of Rabbi Yitzḥak, the Gemara relates: Rav Naḥman and Rabbi Yitzḥak were sitting and eating together at a meal. Rav Naḥman said to Rabbi Yitzḥak: Let the Master say a matter, i.e., share a Torah idea with me. Rabbi Yitzḥak said to Rav Naḥman that Rabbi Yoḥanan said: One may not speak during a meal, lest the trachea will precede the esophagus. Food is meant to enter the esophagus, and when one speaks his trachea opens and the food might enter there. And therefore, one should not speak during a meal, as he might come into the danger of choking. After they had eaten, Rabbi Yitzḥak said to Rav Naḥman that Rabbi Yoḥanan said as follows: Our patriarch Jacob did not die. Rav Naḥman asked him in surprise: And was it for naught that the eulogizers eulogized him and the embalmers embalmed him and the buriers buried him? Rabbi Yitzḥak replied to Rav Naḥman: I am interpreting a verse, as it is stated: “Therefore do not fear, Jacob My servant, says the Lord, neither be dismayed, Israel, for I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity” (Jeremiah 30:10). This verse juxtaposes Jacob to his seed: Just as his seed is alive when redeemed, so too, Jacob himself is alive. Rabbi Yitzḥak said: Anyone who says: Rahab Rahab, immediately experiences a seminal emission, due to the arousal of desire caused by Rahab’s great beauty. Rav Naḥman said to him: I say Rahab and it does not affect me. Rabbi Yitzḥak said to Rav Naḥman: When I said this I was specifically referring to a man who knew her and to one who recognized her. With regard to anyone who had met Rahab in person, the mere mention of her name would arouse his lust.