Bava Kamma

And shall cry unclean, unclean. Rabbah [again] said to Rabbah b. Mari: Whence can be derived the advice given by our Rabbis:  Have early breakfast in the summer because of the heat, and in the winter because of the cold, and people even say that sixty  men may pursue him who has early meals in the mornings and will not overtake him? — He replied: As it is written, They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them.  He said to him: You derive it from that text but I derive it from this one, And ye shall serve the Lord your God:  this [as has been explained] refers to the reading of Shema'  and the Tefillah,'  'And he will bless thy bread and thy water:'  this refers to the bread dipped in salt and to the pitcher of water;  and after this, I will take [Mahalah, i.e.] sickness away from the midst of thee.  It was [also] taught: Mahalah  means gall;  and why is it called mahalah! Because eighty-three different kinds of illnesses may result from it [as the numerical value of mahalah amounts exactly to this];  but they all are counteracted by partaking in the morning of bread dipped in salt followed by a pitcher of water. Raba [again] said to Rabbah b. Mari: Whence can be derived the saying of the Rabbis: 'If thy neighbour calls thee an ass put a saddle on thy back?'  — He replied: As it is written: And he said: Hagar, Sarai's handmaid; Whence camest thou and whither goest thou? And she said: I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. Raba [again] said to Rabbah b. Mari: Whence can be derived the popular saying: 'If there is any matter of reproach in thee be the first to tell it?' — He replied: As it was written: And he said, I am Abraham's servant. Raba again said to Rabbah b. Mari: Whence can be derived the popular saying: 'Though a duck keeps its head down while walking its eyes look afar'? — He replied: As it is written: And when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord then remember thy handmaid.  Raba [again] said to Rabbah b. Mari: Whence can be derived the popular saying, 'Sixty  pains reach the teeth of him who hears the noise made by another man eating  while he himself does not eat'? — He replied: As it is written, But me, even me thy servant and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.  He said to him: You derive it from that verse, but I derive it from this verse, And Isaac brought her unto his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah and she became his wife; and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted for his mother;  and soon after it is written, And again Abraham took another wife and her name was Keturah. Raba [further] said to Rabbah b. Mari: Whence can be derived the popular saying, 'Though the wine belongs to the owner, the thanks are given to the butler'? — He replied: As it is written, And thou shalt put of thy honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may hearken,  and it is also written, 'And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened unto him. etc. Raba [again] said to Rabbah b. Mari: Whence can be derived the popular saying, 'A dog when hungry is ready to swallow even his [own] excrements'?  — He replied: As it is written, The full soul loatheth an honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Raba [again] said to Rabbah b. Mari: Whence can be derived the popular saying, 'A bad palm will usually make its way to a grove of barren trees'? — He replied: This matter was written in the Pentateuch, repeated in the Prophets, mentioned a third time in the Hagiographa, and also learnt in a Mishnah and taught in a Baraitha: It is stated in the Pentateuch as written, So Esau went unto Ishmael;  repeated in the prophets, as written, And there gathered themselves to Jephthah idle men and they went out with him;  mentioned a third time in the Hagiographa, as written: Every fowl dwells near its kind and man near his equal;  it was learnt in the Mishnah: 'All that which is attached to an article that is subject to the law of defilement,  will similarly become defiled, but all that which is attached to anything which would always remain [levitically] clean would similarly remain clean;  and it was also taught in a Baraitha: R. Eliezer said: 'Not for nothing did the starling follow the raven, but because it is of its kind.'  Raba [again] said to Rabbah b. Mari: Whence can be derived the popular saying: 'If you draw the attention of your fellow to warn him [and he does not respond], you may push a big wall and throw it at him'?  — He replied: As it is written: Because I have purged thee and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more. Raba again said to Rabbah b. Mari: Whence can be derived the popular saying: 'Into the well from which you have once drank water do not throw clods?' He replied: As it is written: Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian because thou wast a stranger in his land. Raba again said to Rabbah b. Mari: Whence can be derived the popular Saying, 'If thou wilt join me in lifting the burden I will carry it, and if not I will not carry it?' — He replied: As it is written: And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go. Raba again said to Rabbah b. Mari: Whence can be derived the popular Saying: 'When we were young we were treated as men, whereas now that we have grown old we are looked upon as babies'? — He replied: It is first written: And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light,