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M. IV. 2. Parenthesis: A Rabbi's Prayers on Entering and Leaving His School.
M. IV. 2. Parenthesis: A Rabbi's Prayers on Entering and Leaving His School.
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M. IV. 2. Parenthesis: A Rabbi's Prayers on Entering and Leaving His School.

Parenthesis: A Rabbi's Prayers on Entering and Leaving His "School."

M.IV. 2. R. Nechuniah ben ha-Qanah 1 used to pray on his entering the School, 2 and on his going out, a short prayer. They said to him, What is the nature 3 of this prayer? He said to them: On my entering I pray that no offence [to others] happens through me, 4 and on my going out I give thanks for my lot. 5

Footnotes
  1. 30:1

    R. Nechuniah ben ha-Qanah. One of the first generation of mishna teachers, C. 90 A.D., the teacher of R. Ishmael (p. 6). He is the reputed author of the Cabbalistic Sepher ha Bahir.

  2. 30:2

    the School. Literally, the Beth ha Midrash, the lecture room.

  3. 30:3

    nature. So Bartenora, literally "place." Possibly it means only "occasion."

  4. 30:4

    through me. By a wrong exposition, at which other scholars may laugh, glad at my mistake, and so sin.

  5. 30:5

    my lot. My calling as a frequenter of the School. Both the prayer and the thanksgiving are given in the Gemara, 28b.

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