Study Bava Kamma folio 92B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
The verse states with regard to one diagnosed with tzara'at: “And the metzora in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and he shall cry: Unclean, unclean” (Leviticus 13:45). Not only must the metzora suffer from the
Rava said to Rabba bar Mari: From where is this matter derived whereby the rabbis stated: Awaken early and eat, in the summer due to the heat and in the winter due to the cold. And similarly, people say: 60 runners run and do not reach the man who ate in the morning. Rabba bar Mari said to him that
Rava said to him: You said the proof from there, from a verse in the Prophets, and I say the proof from here, from a verse in the Torah. The verse states: “And you shall serve YHWH your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of you” (Exodus 2
And it is taught in a baraita: “Sickness”; this is referring to bile. And why is its name called sickness [maḥala]? It is called this since there are 83 sicknesses in bile. The letters spelling the word maḥala, i.e., mem, ḥet, lamed, heh, have that numerical value of 83. And with regard to all of
Rava said to Rabba bar Mari: From where is this matter derived whereby the rabbis stated: If your friend calls you a donkey, prepare a saddle for your back, i.e., do not contest his statement? Rabba bar Mari said to him that the source is as it is written in the conversation between the angel and