Commentary for Berakhot 119:24

אמר אביי לא לימא אינש הכי דלא לפתח פומיה לשטן דאמר ר"ל וכן תנא משמיה דר' יוסי לעולם אל יפתח אדם פיו לשטן

A man should never open his mouth for the Satan. R. Joseph said: What text proves this? Because it is written (Isaiah 1:9), "We should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah." What did the prophet answer them? Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, etc. On leaving the bath-house what does he say?

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