Reference for Avodah Zarah 8:6

וכמה זעמו רגע וכמה רגע אמר אמימר ואיתימא רבינא רגע כמימריה ומנלן דרגע הוה ריתחיה דכתיב (תהלים ל, ו) כי רגע באפו חיים ברצונו ואיבעית אימא מהכא (ישעיהו כו, כ) חבי כמעט רגע עד יעבור זעם

And how long is His wrath? A moment [rega]. And how long is a rega? Amemar said (others say, Ravina): As long as it takes to utter this word. And how do we know that His wrath lasts a moment? As it is written, “For He is angry but a moment, and when He is pleased there is life” (Psalms 30:6). Or if you want you can say, from this verse: “Hide yourself for a short moment, until the wrath is past” (Isaiah 26:20).

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