Commentary for Shabbat 65:13

ת"ר ד' סימנין הן סימן לעבירה הדרוקן סימן לשנאת חנם ירקון סימן לגסות הרוח עניות סימן ללה"ר אסכרה

suffered through it. 'Sovereign of the Universe!' he cried out, who will cast lots?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To see from what cause I am suffering-I will be accused of sin. ');">⁴⁷</span> [Thereupon] he recovered. Abaye suffered from it. Said Raba, I know of Nahmani<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A nickname of Abaye, who was brought up in the house of Rabbah b. Nahmani. ');">⁴⁸</span> that he practises hunger.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This may indicate that Abaye was an ascetic. Judaism generally was opposed to asceticism (cf. Ned. 10a: he who deprives himself of what he may legitimately enjoy is called a sinner); nevertheless, in times of stress or for particular reasons Rabbis resorted to fasting (B.M. 85a), and private fasts were practised from early times: Judith VIII, 6; 1 Macc. III, 47. ');">⁴⁹</span> Raba suffered from it. But was it not Raba himself who said, More numerous are those slain by delayed calls of nature<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit.,'pot'. ');">⁵⁰</span>

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