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איני והאמר רב פפא רביעית זמן סעודה לכל אדם אלא רביעית מאכל כל אדם חמישית מאכל פועלים ששית מאכל ת"ח מכאן ואילך כזורק אבן לחמת אמר אביי לא אמרן אלא דלא טעים מידי בצפרא אבל טעים מידי בצפרא לית לן בה

Until when must they [the judges)sit at judgment? — R. Shesheth said: Until the time of the [main] meal [of the day]. R. Hama observed, What verse [teaches this]? For it is written, Woe to thee,  land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Happy art thou,  land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Eccl. X, 16f. ');">²⁰</span> [i.e.,] in the strength of the Torah and not in the drunkenness of wine.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Translating: thy princes, viz., judges, do not eat the first thing in the morning, but sit and judge until the proper time for eating. ');">²¹</span> Our Rabbis taught: The first hour [of the day]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which was reckoned from six a.m. to six p.m. ');">²²</span>

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