Related%20passage for Taanit 18:5

כי הא דרב דניאל בר קטינא הוה ליה ההיא גינתא כל יומא הוה אזיל וסייר לה אמר הא מישרא בעיא מיא והא מישרא לא בעיא מיא ואתא מיטרא וקמשקי כל היכא דמיבעי ליה מיא

Further, it has been taught: Had Scripture said, 'to everyone' [only] you might have thought [rain would fall] only when one needs it for all his fields, therefore Scripture adds, 'field'. Had the word 'field' [been used] you might have thought only when the whole field needs [rain] Scripture therefore adds, 'grass'. This is borne out by the case of Daniel B'Kattina who had a garden which he was in the habit of inspecting daily and he would exclaim, 'This bed needs water and that one does not'; and rain would fall on those beds that needed water.

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