Reference for Bava Batra 49:12

אמר רב יהודה מאי דכתיב (דברים לב, ב) יערוף כמטר לקחי זו רוח מערבית שבאה מערפו של עולם

<i>as the rain</i>?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXXII, 2. ');">¹⁹</span> This refers to the west wind which comes from the back [<i>'oref</i>]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] The West is called 'back' as opposed to the East, the Hebrew word for which (kedem) also means 'front'. ');">²⁰</span>

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