Jewish%20thought for Yoma 166:8
ומאי אע"פ שאין ראיה לדבר דהתם לאו בולמוס אחזיה
R'Papa said: Even barley-flour with honey [is effective]. R'Johanan said: Once I was seized by a ravenous hunger, whereupon I ran to the eastern side of a fig-tree, thus making true in my own case: Wisdom preserveth the life of him who hath it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Eccl. VII, 12.');"><sup>12</sup></span> for R'Joseph learned: One who would taste the [full] taste of a fig, turns to its eastern side, as it said: And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXXIII, 14.');"><sup>13</sup></span>
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