Commentary for Taanit 46:11
ותו רבי מני בריה הוו קא מצערי ליה דבי נשיאה אישתטח על קברא דאבוה אמר ליה אבא אבא הני מצערו לי יומא חד הוו קא חלפי התם אינקוט כרעא דסוסוותייהו עד דקבילו עלייהו דלא קא מצערו ליה
But the great men of Palestine, as for example, R'Jonah the father of R'Mani, would go into his house when the world was in need of rain and say to his [family]: Get my haversack and I shall go and buy grain for a zuz. When he left his house he would go and stand in some low-lying spot, and then standing in this hidden spot, as it is written, Out of the depths have I called thee O Lord,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CXXX, 1.');"><sup>6</sup></span> dressed in sackcloth he prayed and rain came. When he returned home [his family] asked him, Have you brought the grain?
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