Commentary for Berakhot 9:9
אמר רבא ואיתימא רב חסדא אם רואה אדם שיסורין באין עליו יפשפש במעשיו שנא' (איכה ג, מ) נחפשה דרכינו ונחקורה ונשובה עד ה' פשפש ולא מצא יתלה בבטול תורה שנאמר (תהלים צד, יב) אשרי הגבר אשר תיסרנו יה ומתורתך תלמדנו
Raba (another version : Rab Hisda) said : Should a man see sufferings come upon him, let him scrutinise his actions ; as it is said, "Let us search and try our ways, and return unto the Lord" (Lam. iii. 40). If he has scrutinised his actions without discovering the cause, let him attribute them to neglect of Torah; as it is said, "Happy is the man whom Thou chastenest, and teachest out of Thy law" (Ps. xciv. 12).
Rashi on Berakhot
He examined and did not find - he did not find a transgression that corresponded to all of this suffering.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Instead of "another version : Rab Hisda," M. reads: in the name of R. Sahorah, in the name of Rab Huna.
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