מתוך ההפכה

Rava bar Sheila said that Rav Mattana said that Shmuel said: There was an instrument called magreifa in the Temple. There were ten holes in it and each and every one would emit ten types of tone. It therefore emerges that the entire instrument emitted one hundred types of tone. It was taught in a baraita: The magreifa was one cubit wide and one cubit tall, and a handle protruded from it. It was hollow and there were ten holes in it and each one would produce one hundred types of tone. It therefore emerges that that the entire instrument emitted one thousand types of tone. Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: And your mnemonic to remember which of these two statements was said by Shmuel and which was taught in a baraita is that the baraita expresses itself with exaggeration, as it is common for baraitot to exaggerate numbers.

O Holy Place of the King, city of sovereignty Arise, escape from the midst of the chaos Long have you sat in the valley of tears And He will grant mercy, mercy upon you