Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 69:6

א"ר חייא הרוצה לראות בארה של מרים יעלה לראש הכרמל ויצפה ויראה כמין כברה בים וזו היא בארה של מרים אמר רב מעין המיטלטל טהור וזהו בארה של מרים:

Said he to him, But it was taught, 'As long as the face of the east has a reddish glow?' Do you think that the face of the east is meant literally? he replied. [It means] the face which casts a red glow upon the east,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By reflection hence the west. ');">¹⁰</span> and your token is a window.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Through which light enters and irradiates the opposite wall. ');">¹¹</span>

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