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R' Ḥiyya, Rav’s uncle and teacher, came in, whereupon Rav returned to the beginning of the portion and began to read it again. Afterward, bar Kappara came in, and Rav returned to the beginning of the portion out of respect for bar Kappara. Then R' Shimon, son of R' Yehuda HaNasi, came in, and he
The Talmud asks: How could Rav act this way? Didn’t R' Yosei bar Ḥanina say: Anyone who requests forgiveness from another should not ask more than 3 times? The Talmud answers: Rav is different, since he was very pious and forced himself to act beyond the letter of the law. The Talmud asks: And how
The Talmud explains: Rather, this is what happened: R' Ḥanina saw in a dream that Rav was being hung on a palm tree, and he learned as a tradition that anyone about whom there is a dream in which he was being hung on a palm tree will become the head of a yeshiva. He said: Learn from this that provi
§ A baraita states: The main mitzva of confession is on Yom Kippur eve when darkness falls. But the rabbis said: One should also confess on Yom Kippur eve before he eats and drinks at his last meal before the fast lest he become confused at the meal, due to the abundance of food and drink, and be
And where in the Yom Kippur prayers does one say the confession? An individual says it after his Amida prayer, and the prayer leader says it in the middle of the Amida prayer. The Talmud asks: What does one say; what is the liturgy of the confession? Rav said: One says the prayer that begins: You