34. We have learned that this river gave forth deep streams, WHICH REPRESENT THE THREE SFIROT - CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET OF ZEIR ANPIN - with the anointing oil to replenish the Garden of Eden, WHICH IS MALCHUT, and water the trees and plants, NAMELY THE SFIROT OF MALCHUT. Of this, it is written, "The trees of Hashem have their fill; the cedars of Lebanon, which He has planted" (Tehilim 104:16). These streams, NAMELY CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET, flow and continue on and join two pillars that the Baraithas refer to as Yachin and Boaz, NAMELY NETZACH AND HOD. These NAMES are appropriate. From there, NETZACH AND HOD come out all these streams, NAMELY CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET, and rest in a certain level referred to as Righteous, NAMELY YESOD, as it is written, "But the righteous is an everlasting foundation (Heb. yesod)" (Mishlei 10:25). All together they join in that level referred to as "sea" that is the sea of wisdom, NAMELY MALCHUT. This is the meaning of the verse, "All the rivers run into the sea" (Kohelet 1:7).
34. וְתָאנָא, הַהוּא נָהָר אַפִּיק נַחֲלִין עֲמִיקִין, בִּמְשַׁח רְבוּת, לְאַשְׁקָאָה גִּנְתָּא, וּלְרַוָּואָה אִילָנִין וּנְטִיעִין, דִּכְתִּיב יִשְׂבְּעוּ עֲצֵי יְיָ' אַרְזֵי לְבָנוֹן אֲשֶׁר נָטָע, וְאִינּוּן נַחֲלִין, נַגְדִּין וְאִתְמַשְּׁכָן וּמִתְכַּנְּשִׁין בִּתְרֵין סַמְכִין וְאִינּוּן בִּרְיָיתֵי קָרֵינָן לְהוּ, יָכִי"ן וּבוֹעַ"ז, וְשַׁפִּיר. וּמִתַּמָּן נָפְקִין כָּל אִינּוּן נַחֲלִין, וְשַׁרְיָין לוֹן בְּחַד דַּרְגָּא דְּאִקְרֵי צַדִּיק, דִּכְתִּיב, וְצַדִיק יְסוֹד עוֹלָם. וְכֻלְּהוּ אַזְלִין וּמִתְכַּנְּשִׁין לְהַהוּא אֲתַר דְּאִקְרֵי יָם, וְהוּא יַמָּא דְּחָכְמְתָא, הה"ד, כָּל הַנְּחָלִים הוֹלְכִים אֶל הַיָּם וְגוֹ.'
160. This river is called the mother of the Garden of Eden, DENOTING MALCHUT, AS BINAH IS REFERRED TO AS MOTHER (HEB. EM, ALEPH MEM), AS IT IS WRITTEN, "IF (HEB. IM, ALEPH MEM) YOU CRY AFTER BINAH" (MISHLEI 2:3), being higher than the Garden. IT IS CALLED MOTHER, because Eden, DENOTING CHOCHMAH, joins with it and does not leave it. For this reason, all the springs OF MOCHIN come out, draw FROM IT and water all sides, BOTH TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT, and open doors within it. Hence, there is Mercy coming from it, DENOTING THE CENTRAL COLUMN and Mercy opened in it AS THE BEGINNING OF THE OPENING OF THE CENTRAL COLUMN, WHICH RECONCILES AND JOINS RIGHT WITH LEFT BEING THE PERFECTION OF EVERYTHING, STARTS AT BINAH.
160. וְהַאי נַהֲרָא אִתְקְרֵי אֵ"ם לְגִנְתָּא, וְעֵילָּא מִגִּנְתָּא, בְּגִין דְּעֵדֶן מִשְׁתַּתֵּף בַּהֲדָהּ, וְלָא פָּרִישׁ מִנָּהּ. וּבְגִין כַּךְ, כָּל מַבּוּעִין נָפְקִין וְנַגְדִּין וְאִשְׁתַקְיָין לְכָל עִיבָר. וּפַתְחִין בָּהּ פְּתִיחִן, וְעַל דָּא רַחֲמֵי מִנָּהּ מִשְׁתַּכְּחִין, וְרַחֲמִין פְּתִיחִין בָּהּ.
207. What are my delights? The Torah as the Torah is called delights, as it is written, "And I was daily His delight" (Mishlei 8:30). We have learned that the Holy One, blessed be He, comes to delight Himself with the righteous in the Garden of Eden. What is meant by 'delight Himself?' IT MEANS to rejoice in them. As we learned, fortunate are the righteous about whom it is written, "Then you shall delight yourself in Hashem" (Yeshayah 58:14), so as to take pleasure from the drink of the stream, MEANING BINAH, as it is written, "And satisfy your soul in drought" (Ibid. 11). It is as if the Holy One, blessed be He, delights in them by means of that drink of the stream that the righteous take pleasure in, so He comes to have delight with the righteous. All those that toil in the Torah will merit to find delight in the righteous from that drink of the stream, MEANING BINAH.
207. מַאן אִינּוּן שַׁעֲשׁוּעָי. אוֹרַיְיתָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים אִקְרֵי, דִּכְתִּיב וָאֶהְיֶה שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים יוֹם יוֹם. וְדָא הוּא דְּתָנֵינָן, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אָתֵי לְאִשְׁתַּעְשְׁעָא עִם צַדִּיקַיָּיא בְּגִנְתָא דְּעֵדֶן. מַאי לְאִשְׁתַּעְשְׁעָא. בְּגִין לְמֶחְדֵּי בְּהוּ. דְּתָנֵינָן, זַכָּאִין אִינּוּן צַדִּיקַיָּא, דִּכְתִיב בְּהוּ, אָז תִּתְעַנַּג עַל יְיָ,' בְּגִין לְאִתְעַנְּגָא מֵהַהוּא שַׁקְיוּ דְּנַחֲלָא, כד"א וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ בְּצַחְצָחוֹת נַפְשֶׁךָ. כִּבְיָכוֹל, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מִשְׁתַּעֲשָׁע בְּהוּ, מֵהַהוּא שַׁקְיוּ דְּנַחֲלָא דְּמִתְעַנְּגֵי, בְּהוּ צַדִּיקַיָּיא. וְעַל דָּא אָתֵי לְאִשְׁתַּעְשְׁעָא עִם צַדִּיקַיָּיא. וְכָל מַאן דְּאִשְׁתְּדַל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, זָכֵי לְאִשְׁתַּעְשְׁעָא עִם צַדִּיקַיָּיא, מֵהַהוּא שַׁקְיוּ דְּנַחֲלָא.
209. HE QUESTIONS: What are the sources of the spring? HE ANSWERS: THERE IS one spring above, NAMELY BINAH, as it is written, "And a river went out of Eden to water the Garden..." (Beresheet 2:10). It flows on from there and waters the Garden, NAMELY MALCHUT. All these streams, NAMELY THE SFIROT OF ZEIR ANPIN THAT RECEIVE FROM THE RIVER, flow out and join in the two springs known as Netzach and Hod OF ZEIR ANPIN. These are called water brooks AND POUR in that level called Righteous, MEANING YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN, from which it continues and goes out; and the Garden is watered, NAMELY MALCHUT. For this reason, the hart and the deer are together, REFERRING TO righteousness and the Righteous, NAMELY YESOD AND MALCHUT THAT ARE TOGETHER. HART STANDS FOR MALCHUT AND DEER FOR YESOD.
209. מַבּוּעֵי נַחֲלָא מַאן אִינּוּן. מַבּוּעָא חַד לְעֵילָּא, דִּכְתִּיב וְנָהָר יוֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת הַגָּן וְגוֹ.' וּמִתַּמָּן נָגִיד וְנָפִיק, וּמַשְׁקֵי גִּנְתָּא, וְכָל אִינּוּן נַחֲלִין, נַגְדִּין וְנָפְקִין וּמִתְכַּנְּשִׁין בִּתְרֵי מַבּוּעִין, דְּאִקְרוּן נֶצַח וְהוֹד, וְאִלֵּין אִקְרוּן אֲפִיקֵי מַיִם, בְּהַהוּא דַּרְגָא דְּצַדִיק, דְּמִנֵיהּ נָגִיד וְנָפִיק וּמִשְׁתַּקְיָא גִּנְתָּא. בְּגִין כַּךְ אַיָּל וּצְבִי כַּחֲדָא מִשְׁתַּכְחֵי, צֶדֶק וְצַדִּיק.
210. We have learned that it is written, "The voice of Hashem makes (lit. 'frightens') the hinds (Heb. ayalot) to calve" (Tehilim 29:9). IT IS PRONOUNCED "ayalot," yet spelled without Vav. This is the gazelle (Heb. ayelet) of dawn, REFERRING TO MALCHUT. Another explanation of the wild hinds: We have learned that at midnight, when the Holy One, blessed be He, enters the Garden of Eden to delight in the righteous, this voice, NAMELY ZEIR ANPIN, goes out and strikes pain to all those hinds that surround the holy throne of glory, NAMELY MALCHUT. This is what is written, "Sixty valiant men are round about it..." (Shir Hashirim 3:7). Another explanation, "Makes (Heb. yecholel) the hinds to calve" as it says "his hand slew (Heb. cholelah, also: 'created') the slant serpent" (Iyov 26:13), WITH CHOLELAH MEANING THAT HE CREATED AND STRENGTHENED. ALSO, "YECHOLEL" MEANS HE STRENGTHENS THE HINDS THAT ARE THE SIXTY WARRIORS. "And strips the forests bare" (Tehilim 29:9), as the verse says, "honeycomb (lit. 'forest of honey')" (I Shmuel 14:27),and, "I had eaten my honeycomb with my honey" (Shir Hashirim 5:1), MEANING THAT ZEIR ANPIN, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THE VOICE OF HASHEM, nurtures those SIXTY VALIANT MEN CALLED HINDS as a mother nurtures her children. THEREFORE, IT IS WRITTEN, "THE VOICE OF HASHEM MAKES THE HINDS TO CALVE," MEANING IT NURTURES AND MAINTAINS THEM.
210. תָּאנָא, כְּתִיב קוֹל יְיָ' יְחוֹלֵל אַיָּלוֹת, אַיָּלוֹת, אַיֶּלַת כְּתִיב חָסֵר, דָּא אַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר. ד"א אַיְלוֹת הַשָּׂדֶה, דְּתַנְיָא, בְּפַלְגוּת לֵילְיָא, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָאל לְגִנְתָּא דְּעֵדֶן לְאִשְׁתַּעְשְׁעָא עִם צַדִּיקַיָּיא, הַאי קוֹל נָפִיק, וְכָאִיב כָּל אִינּוּן אַיַּלְתָּא דְּסַחֲרָנֵי כּוּרְסְיָיא יַקִּירָא קַדִּישָׁא, הה"ד שִׁשִּׁים גִּבּוֹרִים סָבִיב לָהּ. ד"א יְחוֹלֵל אַיָּלוֹת, כד"א חוֹלְלָה יָדוֹ נָחָשׁ בָּרִיחַ. וַיֶּחֱשׂוֹף יְעָרוֹת כד"א. בְּיַעְרַת הַדְּבָשׁ, וּכְתִיב אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִם דִּבְשִׁי, וְיַנְקָא לְהוּ כְּאִמָּא דְּיָנְקָא לִבְנִין.
258. IN THE BOOK OF KING SOLOMON, it is written that the Holy One, blessed be He, made three dwellings for righteous people, FOR THEIR NEFESH, RUACH AND NESHAMAH AFTER THEIR DEMISE. One is for the Nefashot (Heb. plural) of the righteous that did not depart this world and are still in this world, AS THE NEFESH OF THE DECEASED DOES NOT DEPART THIS WORLD. When the world needs mercy and living PEOPLE are in distress, the Nefashot pray for them. They go and tell this to those who slumber in Hebron, MEANING THE PATRIARCHS, who awaken and go to the earthly Garden of Eden, where the Ruach of the righteous are clothed with crowns of light, take counsel with them and make a decree. And the Holy One, blessed be He, fulfills their wish and shows mercy to the world.
258. וְתַמָּן כְּתִיב, תְּלָת מָדוֹרִין עֲבַד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְצַדִּיקַיָּיא, חַד לְנַפְשָׁאן דְּאִינּוּן צַדִּיקַיָּיא, דְּלָא אִסְתְּלָקוּ מֵהַאי עָלְמָא, וּשְׁכִיחִין בְּהַאי עָלְמָא. וְכַד אִצְטְרִיךְ עָלְמָא רַחֲמִין, וְאִינּוּן חַיִּין יַתְבִין בְּצַעֲרָא, אִינּוּן מְצָלוּ צְלוֹתָא עָלַיְיהוּ, וְאַזְלִין וּמוֹדְעִין מִלָּה לְאִינּוּן דְּמִיכִין דְּחֶבְרוֹן, וּמִתְעָרִין, וְעַאָלִין לג"ע דְּאַרְעָא, דְּתַמָּן רוּחֵיהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָּיא, מִתְלַבְּשָׁן בְּעִטְרִין דִּנְהוֹרָא, וְאִתְיַיעֲטוּ בְּהוּ, וְגַזְרִין גְּזֵרָה, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָבֵיד רְעוּתָא דִּלְהוֹן, וְחָס עַל עָלְמָא.
260. The second dwelling is the earthly Garden of Eden. In it, the Holy One, blessed be He, made upper precious dwellings that are similar to this world and similar to the supernal world, MEANING THEY ARE INCLUDED WITH ASPECTS OF MALCHUT AND ASPECTS OF BINAH. THE GARDEN IS THE SECRET OF MALCHUT AND EDEN IS THE SECRET OF BINAH. The chambers are ALSO of two types LIKE THE DWELLING without number, and trees and grasses and fragrances rise daily. In that place rests that which is called Ruach of these righteous. This is the dwelling in which Ruach dwells. Each Ruach is clothed with precious garments of the likeness of this world and the supernal world.
260. וּמָדוֹרָא תִּנְיָינָא הוּא ג"ע דִּי בְּאַרְעָא. בֵּיהּ עָבֵד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מָדוֹרִין עִלָּאִין יַקִּירִין, כְּגַוְונָא דְּהַאי עָלְמָא, וּכְגַוְונָא דְּעָלְמָא עִלָּאָה. וְהֵיכָלִין בִּתְרֵין גַּוְונִין, דְּלֵית לְהוֹן חוּשְׁבָּנָא, וְאִילָנִין וַעֲשָׂבִין וְרֵיחִין דְּסַלְּקִין בְּכָל יוֹמָא. וּבְהַאי אֲתַר שָׁארִי הַהוּא דְּאִקְרֵי רוּחַ דְּאִינּוּן צַדִּיקַיָּיא, וּמָדוֹרָא דְּהַהוּא רוּחָא בֵּיהּ שָׁארִי. וְכָל רוּחַ וְרוּחַ מִתְלַבְּשָׁא בִּלְבוּשׁ יַקִּירָא, כְּגַוְונָא דְּהַאי עָלְמָא, וּכְגַוְונָא דְּהַהוּא עָלְמָא עִלָּאָה.
261. The third dwelling is the holy dwelling on high called the bundle of Life, MEANING THE GARDEN OF EDEN ON HIGH. There, the highest, holy level called Neshamah has pleasure. It clings to find pleasure in the most high Eden and it is written, "Then you shall delight yourself in Hashem; and I will cause you to ride..." (Yeshayah 58:14). THE GARDEN OF EDEN ON HIGH IS CALLED THE HIGH PLACES OF THE EARTH.
261. מָדוֹרָא תְּלִיתָאָה, הַהוּא מָדוֹרָא עִלָּאָה קַדִּישָׁא, דְּאִיתְקְרֵי צְרוֹרָא דְּחַיֵּי. דְּתַמָּן מִתְעַדְּנָא הַהוּא דַּרְגָּא עִלָּאָה קַדִּישָׁא, דְּאִקְרֵי נְשָׁמָה. וְהַאי אִתְדְּבַק לְאִתְעַנְּגָא בְּעִדּוּנָא עִלָּאָה. עָלֵיהּ כְּתִיב, אָז תִּתְעַנַּג עַל יְיָ' וְהִרְכַּבְתִּיךָ וְגוֹ.'
264. When the world needs mercy, the living go and inform the Nefashot (Heb. plural) of the righteous, and weep on their graves. Those who are worthy to inform the righteous men: what is the reason THEY ARE WORTHY? BECAUSE they concentrate on clinging to Nefesh with Nefesh; then the Nefashot of the righteous awaken, assemble, fly to the slumberers of Hebron, inform them of the distress of the world, and they all ascend to the door of the Garden of Eden to inform the Ruach. These Ruchot (Heb. plural) that are adorned in the Garden of Eden, with celestial angels going among them, all inform the Neshamah, the Neshamah informs the Holy One, blessed be He, and all beg for mercy for the living. And the Holy One, blessed be He, shows Mercy to the world on their behalf. This is what Solomon meant in, "So I praised the dead that are already dead."
264. וּבְשַׁעֲתָא דְּאִצְטְרִיךְ עָלְמָא רַחֲמֵי, וְחַיָיא אַזְלֵי וּמוֹדָעֵי לְהוּ לְנַפְשַׁיְיהוּ, דְּצַדִּיקַיָּיא, וּבָכָאן עַל קִבְרַיְיהוּ, אִינּוּן דְּאִתְחָזוֹ לְאוֹדָעָא לְהוּ. מ"ט. דְּשַׁוְיָין רְעוּתָא דִּלְהוֹן לְאִתְדַּבְּקָא נַפְשָׁא בְּנַפְשָׁא, כְּדֵין אִתְּעָרִין נַפְשַׁיְיהוּ דְּצַדִּיקַיָּיא, וּמִתְכַּנְּפֵי וְאַזְלִין וְשָׁאטִין לִדְמִיכֵי חֶבְרוֹן, וּמוֹדִיעֵי לְהוּ צַעֲרָא דְּעָלְמָא. וְכֻלְּהוּ עָאלִין בְּהַהוּא פִּתְחָא דג"ע, וּמוֹדִיעֵי לְרוּחַ. וְאִינּוּן רוּחִין דְּמִתְעַטְּרָן בג"ע, מַלְאֲכֵי עִלָּאִין אַזְלֵי בֵּינַיְיהוּ. וְכֻלְּהוּ מוֹדִיעִין לַנְשָׁמָה. וּנְשָׁמָה אוֹדָעַת לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְכֻלְּהוּ בָּעָאן רַחֲמֵי עַל חַיִּין, וְחָס קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עַל עָלְמָא בְּגִינֵיהוֹן. וְעַל דָּא אָמַר שְׁלֹמֺה, וְשַׁבֵּחַ אֲנִי אֶת הַמֵּתִים שֶׁכְּבָר מֵתוּ וְגוֹ.'
266. Rabbi Yosi said: They realize that the world is in distress, and the living people are neither worthy of nor know how to inform them. At that very time everyone wails the Torah - we have failed and the Torah has been exiled to this place. If people return WITH REPENTANCE and cry with a complete heart, they then return to the Holy One, blessed be He. All assemble and seek mercy, and inform the slumberers of Hebron, and enter and inform the Ruach in the Garden of Eden, as we have mentioned.
266. אָמַר ר' יוֹסֵי, וְאִינּוּן יַדְעֵי דְּהָא עָלְמָא בְּצַעֲרָא, וְחַיָיא לָא אִתְחָזוּן, וְלָא יַדְעֵי לְאוֹדָעָא לְהוּ. בֵּיהּ שַׁעֲתָא כֻּלְּהוּ צַוְוחִין עַל אוֹרַיְיתָא דְּאִתְקְלָנָא וְאִתְגַּלְיָיא לְהַהוּא אֲתַר. אִי בְּנֵי נָשָׁא תַּיְיבִין וּבָכָאן בְּלִבָּא שְׁלִים, וְתַיְיבִין קָמֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, כֻּלְּהוּ מִתְכַּנְּשֵׁי, וּבָעָאן רַחֲמֵי, וּמוֹדִיעִין לְאִינּוּן דְּמִיכֵי חֶבְרוֹן, וְעָאלִין וּמוֹדְעִין לְרוּחַ דבג"ע, כְּמָה דְּאַמָרָן.
269. Rabbi Chizkiyah said TO THE GRAVE: Who are you? He answered: I am dead. I was just awakened for the sake of the Torah scroll. Once the world was in distress and the living came here with a Torah scroll to awaken us. My associates and I hurried to the slumberers at Hebron and, when they joined the spirits of the righteous in the Garden of Eden, it was found that the Torah scroll brought before us by the living was unfit. They were false to the name of the King, because an extra Vav was found in the Torah in the verse, "Whatever parts the hoof, and is clovenfooted" (Vayikra 11:3), WHICH WAS SPELLED WITH A REDUNDANT VAV. They said that since they were false to the name of the King, AS THE TORAH IS THE NAME OF THE KING, they would not return to them TO LET THEM KNOW IF THEIR PRAYER WAS ACCEPTED. They then dismissed me and my associates from the Yeshivah.
269. אָמַר ר' חִזְקִיָּה מַאן אַתְּ. אָמַר לֵיהּ מֵיתָא אֲנָא, וְהָא אִתְּעַרְנָא לְגַבֵּי ס"ת. דְּזִמְנָא חֲדָא הֲוָה יָתִיב עָלְמָא בְּצַעֲרָא, וְאָתוּ חַיָּיָא הָכָא, לְאִתְּעָרָא לָן בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, וַאֲנָא וְחַבְרָאי אַקְדִּימְנָא לְגַבֵּי דְּמִיכֵי חֶבְרוֹן, וְכַד אִתְחַבָּרוּ בְּגַן עֵדֶן בְּרוּחֵיהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָּיא, אִשְׁתְּכַח קָמַיְיהוּ, דְּהַהוּא ס"ת דְּאַיְיתוּ לְקַמָּן אִינּוּן חַיָּיא הֲוָה פָּסוּל וּמְשַׁקֵּר בִּשְׁמָא דְּמַלְכָּא, עַל דְּאִשְׁתְּכַח וָא"ו יַתִּיר בְּהַהוּא קְרָא דִּוְשֺׁסַעַת שֶׁסַע שְׁתֵּי פְרָסוֹת, וְאָמְרוּ דְּהוֹאִיל וְשַׁקְּרוּ בִּשְׁמָא דְּמַלְכָּא דְּלָא יְתוּבוּן לְגַבֵּיהוֹן, וְדָחוּ לִי וּלְחַבְרָאי בְּהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא מִבֵּי מְתִיבְתָּא.
270. Until one elder man who was among them went and brought the Torah scroll of Rav Hamnuna Saba (the elder). Then the son of Rabbi Shimon, Rabbi Elazar, who was buried with us, was awakened. He went and prayed in the Garden of Eden for them and the world was healed. Then they allowed us TO RETURN TO THE YESHIVAH. From the time they took Rabbi Elazar from this cemetery IN GUSH CHALAV and placed him near his father IN MERON, there is no one who will awaken to rise before the slumberers of Hebron, for we are afraid to do so since the day when they dismissed me and my friends FROM THE YESHIVAH. Now, you have come to us with your Torah scroll. Therefore, I am shaken up as I say: Who will hasten to notify these genuine righteous men slumbering in Hebron. Rabbi Yesa slipped away AND WENT OFF with that remnant of the Torah scroll. Rabbi Chizkiyah said: Heaven forbid, the world is not in distress and we did not come for this reason.
270. עַד דְּחַד סָבָא דַּהֲוָה בֵּינַיְיהוּ, אָזַל וְאַיְיתֵי סַפְרָא דְּרַב הַמְנוּנָא סָבָא, וּכְדֵין אִתְּעַר רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בר"ש, דַּהֲוָה קָבִיר עִמָּנָא, וְאָזַל וּבָעָא בג"ע עָלַיְיהוּ, וְאִתְסֵי עָלְמָא, כְּדֵין שָׁארוּ לָן, וּמִן הַהוּא יוֹמָא דִּסְלִיקוּ לֵיהּ לר"א מִבֵּי קִבְרָא דָּא, וְאִתְיְיהִיב לְגַבֵּי אֲבוּהָ, לֵית מַאן דְּאִתְּעַר לְמֵיקָם קַמַּיְיהוּ דִּדְמִיכֵי חֶבְרוֹן, דְּמִסְתַּפֵּינָא מִן הַהוּא יוֹמָא דְּדָחוּ לִי וְלַחֲבֵרַי. וְהַשְׁתָּא אֲתִיתּוּן לְגַבָּן, וְסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה גַּבֵּיכוֹן, אֲמֵינָא דְּהָא עָלְמָא בְּצַעֲרָא אִשְׁתְּכַח. וְעַ"ד אִזְדַּעֲזַעַנָא, דַּאֲמֵינָא מַאן יַקְדִּים לְאוֹדָעָא לְאִינּוּן זַכָּאֵי קְשׁוֹט דְּמִיכֵי חֶבְרוֹן, אִשְׁתְּמִיט ר' יֵיסָא בְּהַהוּא קִיטְרָא דְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה. אָמַר ר' חִזְקִיָּה, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם לֵית עָלְמָא בְּצַעֲרָא, וַאֲנָן לָא אֲתֵינָן לְהַאי.