Related%20passage for Taanit 8:16

כי קא"ר יוחנן בזמן שאין בית המקדש קיים השתא דאתית להכי הא והא לדידהו ולא קשיא כאן בזמן שבית המקדש קיים כאן בזמן שאין בית המקדש קיים

But did not R'Johanan say: When one begins to make mention one should also [begin] to pray; when one discontinues to pray one should also cease to make mention? - There is really no contradiction; one statement refers to us [Babylonians] and the other to them [Palestinians],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [In Babylonia the harvest was gathered later than in Palestine and consequently the prayer for rain would also begin later].');">¹²</span> Why should we be different? - Is it because we have produce in the field?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore rain was not opportune as long as the harvest had not been gathered in.');">¹³</span>

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