Commentary for Taanit 50:12

ר' יהודה נשיאה גזר תעניתא וירדו להם גשמים לאחר הנץ החמה סבר לאשלומינהו א"ל רבי אמי קודם חצות ואחר חצות שנינו שמואל הקטן גזר תעניתא וירדו להם גשמים קודם הנץ החמה כסבורין העם לומר שבחו של צבור הוא

In the one case it is cultivated soil, and in the other it is not.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [In cultivated soil a small quantity of water sufficient to water only one handbreadth penetrates still lower and so attracts the deep with a response of three handbreadths (Rashi) . Strashun explains differently.]');">⁹</span> R'Eliezer said: When on the Feast of Tabernacles the water libations are carried out, Deep says to Deep, 'Let thy waters spring forth, I hear the voice of two friends',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The two friends are the two vessels used for the libation of water and wine respectively. V. Suk. 48a.');">¹⁰</span>

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