Ketubot 112B

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קיימי משמשא לטולא ומטולא לשמשא. רבי חייא בר גמדא מיגנדר בעפרה, שנאמר: ״כי רצו עבדיך את אבניה ואת עפרה יחוננו״.

would stand and pass from a sunny spot to a shady one, and from a shady spot to a sunny one, so that they would always sit in comfort and never have cause to remark that they were uncomfortable in Eretz Yisrael. R' Ḥiyya bar Gamda would roll in the dust of the land, as it is stated: “For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, and love her dust” (Psalms 102:15).

אמר רבי זירא אמר רבי ירמיה בר אבא: דור שבן דוד בא ⁠— קטיגוריא בתלמידי חכמים. כי אמריתה קמיה דשמואל אמר צירוף אחר צירוף, שנאמר: ״ועוד בה עשיריה ושבה והיתה לבער״. תני רב יוסף: בזוזי, ובזוזי דבזוזי.

The Talmud continues to discuss the messianic age. R' Zeira said that R' Yirmeya bar Abba said: In the generation in which the son of David will come there will be indictments [kateigorya], i.e., denouncements and incitements against Torah scholars. When I said this before Shmuel he said: The generation will undergo refinement after refinement, i.e., several stages of cleansing, as it is stated: “And if there be a tenth in it, it should again be eaten up” (Isaiah 6:13). Rav Yosef taught about the messianic era: Despoilers and despoilers of despoilers will plunder Eretz Yisrael at that time.

אמר רב חייא בר אשי אמר רב: עתידין כל אילני סרק שבארץ ישראל שיטענו פירות, שנאמר: ״כי עץ נשא פריו תאנה וגפן נתנו חילם״.

Rav Ḥiyya bar Ashi said that Rav said: In the future all barren trees in Eretz Yisrael will bear fruit, as it is stated: “For the tree bears its fruit, the fig tree and the vine yield their strength” (Joel 2:22). This verse indicates that every tree, not just the fig and vine, will produce fruit.

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