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In terms of this reward, R' Yosei, son of R' Ḥanina said: One who waits in the synagogue for the other to finish his prayer merits the following blessings, as it is stated: “If only you had listened to My mitzvot then your peace would be as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea. Y
In another baraita it was taught that Abba Binyamin says: If the eye was given permission to see, no creature would be able to withstand the abundance and ubiquity of the demons and continue to live unaffected by them.
Similarly, Abaye said: They are more numerous than we are and they stand over us like mounds of earth surrounding a pit.
Rav Huna said: Each and every one of us has 1,000 demons to his left and 10,000 to his right. God protects man from these demons, as it says in the verse: “1,000 may fall at your side, and 10,000 at your right hand; they will not approach you” (Psalms 91:7).
Summarizing the effects of the demons, Rava said: The crowding at the kalla, the gatherings for Torah study during Elul and Adar, is from the demons; those knees that are fatigued even though one did not exert himself is from the demons; those clothes of the rabbis that wear out, despite the fact