{"collection":"Judaism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jud/tbr/tbr62.htm","path":"jud/tbr/tbr62.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/jud/tbr/tbr62.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Judaism\u00a0\n Index\u00a0\n Previous\u00a0\n Next\u00a0\n \n \n Tractate Berakoth, by , by A. Lukyn Williams, [1921]\n Against Irreverence for the Temple.\n \n 8a (5b). A man must not behave irreverently when opposite the eastern gate,\u00a06 for it is set opposite the Most Holy Sanctuary. He must not enter the Temple area with his staff, and his\n \n \n \n \n p. 86\n \n M.shoe(s),\u00a01 and with his purse, and with the dust on his feet.\u00a02 Nor should he make it a short cut,\u00a03 much less spit there. What of wearing shoes? For this is out of respect; it is forbidden to enter with them. And spitting? For this comes from contempt. It is the regulation.\u00a04\n \n T.\nT. VII. 19. A man may not enter the Temple area with money tied up in his linen cloth,\u00a05 or with dust which is on his feet, or with his money-bag tied to him on the outside [of his dress]. For it is said: \"Keep thy feet when thou goest to the house of God.\"\u00a06 R. Jose, son of R. Judah, says: Behold, He says: \"For none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.\"\u00a07 How many arguments from the less to the greater are there in this case! And so spitting (is forbidden) by the same argument. For as with a shoe, in connexion with which there is no customary contempt, the Law says:\u00a08 Do not enter in\u2014with a shoe, how much less with spitting in which there is customary contempt. \n \n Footnotes\n 85:6 opposite the eastern gate. As he comes thither on pilgrimage.\n \n \n Next: M. IX. 8b; T. VII. 21-22, 20. The Closing Words of the Benedictions","title":"Tractate Berakoth: III.\u2014Benedictions at Meals, etc.: M. IX. 8a; T. VII. 19. Against Irreverence for the Temple","type":"page"}