Reference for Taanit 48:3

רב יהודה חזא הנהו בי תרי דהוו קא פרצי בריפתא אמר שמע מינה איכא שבעא בעלמא יהיב עיניה הוה כפנא אמרו ליה רבנן לרב כהנא בריה דרב נחוניא שמעיה מר דשכיח קמיה ניעשייה דליפוק בפתחא דסמוך לשוקא עשייה ונפק לשוקא חזא כנופיא

What, however, can the great men<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [MSM.: 'leaders'.]');">⁷</span> of a generation do when their generation does not [appear good enough to favour in the eyes of God]. Once Rab Judah saw two men using bread wastefully and he exclaimed: It seems that there is plenty in the world. He gave an angry look and a famine arose. Thereupon the Rabbis said to R'Kahana the son of R'Nehunia, his attendant, You who are so constantly with him, endeavour to persuade him to go out by the door near the market place.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That he might see for himself how the people suffer because of the famine.');">⁸</span>

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