Commentary for Yoma 42:13

ואמר רב יוסף ואיתימא מר זוטרא וסימניך שלחן בצפון ומנורה בדרום האי מרבה דידיה והאי מרבה דידיה

Our Rabbis taught: There are six different kinds of fire: Fire which eats but does not drink; fire which drinks but does not eat; fire which eats and drinks; fire which consumes dry matter as well as moist matter; and fire which pushes fire away; fire which eats fire.' Fire which eats but does not drink': that is our fire [water quenches it]; 'which drinks but does not eat': the fever of the sick; 'eats and drinks': that of Elijah, it is written: And licked up the water that was in the trench;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Kings XVIII, 38: Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed . . and licked up.');">¹⁸</span>

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