Reference for Pesachim 6:14

יוחנן חקוקאה נפק לקרייתא כי אתא אמרו ליה חיטין נעשו יפות אמר להם שעורים נעשו יפות אמרו ליה צא ובשר לסוסים ולחמורים דכתיב (מלכים א ה, ח) השעורים והתבן לסוסים ולרכש מאי הוי ליה למימר אשתקד נעשו חיטין יפות אי נמי עדשים נעשו יפות:

Johanan of Hukok<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Northern Palestine; v. Josh. XIX, 34.');">²³</span> went out to some villages.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To inspect the crops.');">²⁴</span> on his return he was asked, 'Has the wheat crop been successful? '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'comely'.');">²⁵</span> 'The barley crop has been successful,' he replied.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By which they might understand that the former was not. He was unwilling actually to state the bad news.');">²⁶</span> 'Go out and tell it to horses and asses,' they retorted, 'for it is written, Barley also and straw for the horses an swift steeds.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Kings v, 8.');">²⁷</span> What then should he have said? - Last year the wheat crop was successful; or, the lentil crop is successful.

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