Commentary for Berakhot 20:5
מאי והטוב בעיניך עשיתי א"ר יהודה אמר רב שסמך גאולה לתפלה ר' לוי אמר שגנז ספר רפואות
Rab Judah said in the name of Rab : He joined the Ge'ullah to the Tefillah. R. Levi said : He hid the Book of Remedies.
Rashi on Berakhot
HE HID THE BOOK OF REMEDIES. So that people would ask for compassion.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
See p. 56.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
King Solomon was reputed to have compiled a book containing infallible prescriptions for almost all ailments. Josephus, Antiq. viii. ii. 5, mentions that he was skilled in expelling demons and "composed incantations by which distempers are alleviated." Hezekiah destroyed the book so that people in times of sickness should pray to God and not depend upon these cures.
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