Shabbat 129B

בדבר אחר ⁠— קשה לדבר אחר.

something else, a euphemism for a pig, it is harmful with regard to something else, a euphemism for tzara'at.

רב ושמואל דאמרי תרוייהו: האי מאן דעביד מילתא ⁠— לישהי פורתא והדר ליקום ⁠— דאמר מר: חמשה דברים קרובין למיתה יותר מן החיים, ואלו הן: אכל ועמד, שתה ועמד, ישן ועמד, הקיז דם ועמד, שימש מטתו ועמד.

It was Rav and Shmuel who both said: With regard to one who performs the practice of bloodletting, let him wait a bit and then let him rise, as the Master said: There are 5 matters that render one closer to death than life, and they are these: If one ate and immediately rose, if one drank and rose, if one slept and immediately rose, if one let blood and rose, if one engaged in sex and rose.

אמר שמואל: פורסא דדמא ⁠— כל תלתין יומין. ובין הפרקים ⁠— ימעט, ובין הפרקים יחזור וימעט.

Shmuel said: The interval for bloodletting is every 30 days. And during the middle periods of one’s life, he should decrease the frequency of bloodletting; and during the later periods, he should decrease its frequency again.

ואמר שמואל: פורסא דדמא ⁠— חד בשבתא, ארבעה, ומעלי שבתא, אבל שני וחמישי ⁠— לא. דאמר מר: מי שיש לו זכות אבות יקיז דם בשני ובחמישי, שבית דין של מעלה ושל מטה שוין כאחד.

And Shmuel said: The times for bloodletting are the 1st day of the week, the 4th day of the week and Friday. However, on the second and the fifth days of the week, no, one should not let blood, as the Master said: Only one who has the merit of his ancestors and relies on it should let blood on the second and on the fifth days of the week, as the court on High, in the heavens, and the court below are equal. The courts in the cities convene on Mondays and Thursdays, as does the heavenly court. Letting blood on a day of judgment is dangerous. If one is judged unfavorably all his blood could flow out.