Mesorat%20hashas for Taanit 18:8

עולא איקלע לבבל חזא פורחות אמר להו פנו מאני דהשתא אתי מיטרא לסוף לא אתי מיטרא אמר כי היכי דמשקרי בבלאי הכי משקרי מיטרייהו

If before the rain, the rain will continue, of this the sieve serves as a reminder; if after a heavy rain, the rain cease, of this goats' excrement serves as a reminder.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fine flour comes first from a sieve then the heavier parts; contrariwise the goat first discharges with force then relaxes.');">⁵</span> 'Ulla chanced to be in Babylon and observing light clouds [porehoth] he exclaimed, 'Remove the vessels for rain is now coming'. No rain however fell and he exclaimed, As the Babylonians are false, so too is their rain.'

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