אִיתְחֲמֵי לְרִבִּי אַבָּהוּ. פַּנְטֳקַקָּה יַצְלִי וַאֲתֵי מִיטְרָא. שְׁלַח רִבִּי אַבָּהוּ וְאַייתִיתֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. מָה אוּמְנָךְ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. חָמֵשׁ עֲבֵירָן הַהוּא גוֹבְרָא עֲבִיד בְּכָל־יוֹם. מוֹגַר זַנְייָתָא. מְשַׁפֵּר תֵײַטְרוֹן. מְעִיל מָנֵיהוֹן לְבָנֵי. מְטַפֵּחַ וּמְרַקֵּד קֳדָמֵיהוֹן. וּמַקִּישׁ בְּבַבּוּלִייָא קֳדָמֵיהוֹן. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. וּמַה טִיבוּ עֲבַדְתָּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. חַד זְמַן הֶוָה הַהוּא גַבְרָא מַשְׁפַּר תֵײַטְרוֹן. אֲתַת חָדָא אִיתָא וְקָמַת לָהּ חוֹרֵי עֲמוּדָא. בַּכְייָא. וְאָֽמְרִת לָהּ. מַה לִיךְ. וְאָֽמְרָה לִי. בַּעֲלָהּ דְּהִיא אִיתְּתַא חֲבִישׁ וַאֲנָא בְעָייָא מֵיחְמֵי מַה מִעֲבַד וּמַפְנִינֵהּ. וְזָֽבְנִית עַרֵסִי וּפְרוֹס עַרְסִי וְיָבִית לָהּ טִימִיתֵיהּ. וְאָֽמְרִית לָהּ. הָא לִיךְ. פְּנַיי בַּעֲלִיךְ וְלָא תֵיחַטִּיי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. כְּדַיי אַתְּ מַצְלַייָא וּמִתְעַנְייָא.
It was seen by Rebbi Abbahu, Pantokaka shall pray and rain will come. Rebbi Abbahu sent and brought him. He asked him, what is your profession? He told him, five sins this man commits every day. He rents out prostitutes, maintains the theater, brings their garments to the baths, claps his hands and dances before them, and plays cymbals before them. They asked him, what good deed did you do? He told them, once I was maintaining the theater, when a woman came and stood behind a pillar, crying. I asked her, what is your problem? She said to me, this woman’s husband is jailed and I have to see what to do to free him. I sold my bed, and my bed-spread, gave her its value, and told her, this is yours; free your husband and do not sin. They told him, you are worthy to pray and be heard.
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