Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 224:17

ותו חדא זמנא פגעה ביה באביי אמרה ליה אי לאו דמכרזי עלך ברקיע הזהרו בנחמני ובתורתו הוה סכנתיך א"ל אי חשיבנא ברקיע גוזרני עלייכי שלא תעבורי ביישוב לעולם הא קא חזינן דעברה אמרי הני

Again, this was said only if he is sleeping at [their] feet; but if he is sleeping at [their] head, it does not matter. Agai this was said only if he does not lay his hand upon him; but if he lays his hand upon him, it does not matter.' And do not go out alone at night', for it was taught: One should not go out alone at night, i.e., on the nights of neither Wednesday nor Sabbaths, because Igrath the daughter of Mahalath,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The queen of demons.');">²⁵</span> she and one hundred eighty thousand destroying angels go forth, and each has permission to wreak destruction independently. Originally they were about a day. On one occasion she met R'Hanina B'Dosa [and] said to him, 'Had they not made an announcement concerning you in Heaven, "Take heed of Hanina and his learning," I would have put you in danger.' 'If I am of account in Heaven,' replied he, 'I order you never to pass through settled regions.' 'I beg you,' she pleaded, 'leave me a little room.' So he left her the nights of Sabbaths and the nigh of Wednesdays. On another occasion she met Abaye. Said she to him, 'Had they not made an announcement about you in Heaven, "Take heed of Nahmani<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Abaye was so called because he was brought up in the house of Rabbah b. Nahman.');">²⁶</span> and his learning," I would have put you in danger.' 'If I am of account in Heaven,' replied he, 'I order you never to pass through settled regions.' But we see that she does pass through? - I will tell you: Those are

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