Commentary for Kiddushin 162:3

יומא חדא הוה קא גריס בגינתיה קשטה נפשה חלפה ותנייה קמיה אמר לה מאן את אמרה אנא חרותא דהדרי מיומא תבעה אמרה ליה אייתי ניהליה להך רומנא דריש צוציתא שוור אזל אתייה ניהלה

Every time R'Hiyya B'Abba fell upon his face<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Talmudic times after the 'Eighteen Benedictions' each person prayed privately for whatever he desired; these prayers are called 'supplications' (tahanunim) , and one fell on his face when saying them. V. Elbogen, Der Judische Gottesdienst, pp. 73 ff.');">⁶</span> he used to say, 'The Merciful save us from the Tempter.' One day his wife heard him.' Let us see,' she reflected, 'it is so many years that he has held aloof from me: why then should he pray thus? '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely he can restrain his passions.');">⁷</span>

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