Quoting%20commentary for Nedarim 79:9

אמר רבין אמר רב מניין שהקב"ה זן את החולה שנאמר (תהלים מא, ד) יי' יסעדנו על ערש דוי וגו' ואמר רבין אמר רב מניין שהשכינה שרויה למעלה ממטתו של חולה שנאמר יי' יסעדנו על ערש דוי

R. Shisha son of R. Idi said: One should not visit the sick during the first three or the last three hours [of the day], lest he thereby omit to pray<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'dismiss' his mind from mercies. ');">¹⁴</span> for him. During the first three hours of the day his [the invalid's] illness is alleviated; in the last three hours his sickness is most virulent.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Consequently, a visitor in the first three hours may think him on the road to recovery, and consider prayer unnecessary; in the last three hours, on the other hand, he may feel that prayer is hopeless. ');">¹⁵</span>

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