Commentary for Taanit 44:13
ת"ש דתניא מתריעין על הדבר בשבת ואצ"ל בחול ר' חנן בן פיטום תלמידו של ר' עקיבא משום רבי עקיבא אומר אין מתריעין על הדבר כל עיקר:
THE ALARM IS SOUNDED ON THE SABBATH etc. Our Rabbis have taught: When a city is surrounded by hostile Gentiles, or threatened with inundation by the river, or when a ship is foundering in the sea, or when an individual is being pursued by Gentiles or robbers or by an evil spirit,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Var. lec.: 'an evil beast'.]');"><sup>9</sup></span> the alarm is sounded [even] on the Sabbath; and on account of all these an individual may afflict himself by fasting.
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