Quoting%20commentary for Eruvin 43:1
שמשכים ומעריב עליהן לבית המדרש רבה אמר במי שמשחיר פניו עליהן כעורב
who for their sake rises early [to go] to, and remains late in the evening [before returning home from] the schoolhouse.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Heb. for 'black' is similar to that for 'early' and that for 'raven' to that for 'evening' .');"><sup>1</sup></span> Rabbah explained: [You find these only] with him who for their sake blackens his face like a raven.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Suffers deprivation and hunger for the sake of his studies. Cf. previous note.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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