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The Talmud explains its query: Although a man can legally make any agreement with his wife to limit her conjugal rights, how much is an acceptable manner for this matter? Rav said: The husband may spend a month here, in the study hall, and then must spend a month at home. The allusion to this is
The Talmud asks: And what is the reason that Rav did not also say a proof from that source that R' Yoḥanan quoted? The Talmud answers: The construction of the Temple is different, since it is possible for this work to be performed by others, as there were many people involved in it, but with regard
§ Apropos a dispute between Rav and R' Yoḥanan with regard to the construction of the Temple, the Talmud cites another dispute between them. Rav said: Groaning breaks half of a person’s body, as it is stated: “Groan, therefore, you son of man, with the breaking of your loins, groan so bitterly” (Eze
The Talmud asks: And why doesn’t R' Yoḥanan also say that it breaks half of one’s body? Isn’t it written: “With the breaking of your loins,” implying that it does not break the entire body? The Talmud answers: This does not mean that the breakage only reaches the loins, but rather that when the sig
It is related that a certain Jew and a non-Jew were walking along the road together. The non-Jew could not keep up with the Jew, who was walking faster, and he therefore reminded him of the destruction of the Temple in order to make the Jew feel sorrowful and slow down. The Jew sighed and groaned,