Responsa for Megillah 43:19

ת"ש דרב איקלע לבבל בתענית צבור קם קרא בסיפרא פתח בריך חתים ולא בריך נפול כולי עלמא אאנפייהו ורב לא נפל על אפיה

Come and hear: Rav happened to be at Babylon during a public fast. He got up and read in the scroll [of the Torah]. He blessed when he began but he did not bless when he finished. The whole congregation [afterwards] fell on their faces, but Rav did not fall on his face.

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