## Gittin Daf 70a

###### Gittin 70a:1
[Gittin 70a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:1)

עִנְבֵי תַאֲלָא בְּמַיִם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**grapes** grown by trellising the vine on **a palm tree** soaked **in water.**


###### Gittin 70a:2
[Gittin 70a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:2)

לַחֲזָזִיתָא – לַיְתֵי שַׁב חִיטֵּי אַרְזַנְיָיתָא, וְנִיקְלִינְהוּ אַמָּרָא חַדְתָּא, וְנָפֵיק מִשְׁחָא מִינַּיְיהוּ, וְנֵישׁוּף. רַב שִׁימִי בַּר אָשֵׁי עֲבַד לֵיהּ לְהָהוּא גּוֹי לְדָבָר אַחֵר, וְאִיתַּסִּי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
As a remedy **for lichen planus [*ḥazazita*]** on one’s skin, **let him bring seven large wheat kernels [*arzanayata*] and** let him **roast them over** a fire on the blade of **a new hoe. And** let him **extract oil from** the wheat **and rub** it into his skin. It is told: **Rav Shimi bar Ashi used this** remedy **for a certain gentile** who had **something else,** i.e., leprosy, **and he was healed.**


###### Gittin 70a:3
[Gittin 70a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:3)

אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: הַאי מַאן דִּמְחוֹ לֵיהּ בַּאֲלוֹנְכֵּי דְפָרְסָאֵי, מִיחְיָיא לָא חָיֵי; אַדְּהָכִי וְהָכִי, נִיסְפּוֹ לֵיהּ בִּשְׂרָא שַׁמִּינָא אַגּוּמְרֵי, וְחַמְרָא חַיָּיא, אֶפְשָׁר דְּחָיֵי פּוּרְתָּא וּמְפַקֵּיד אַבֵּיתֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Shmuel said: One who is struck with Persian spears [*alunkei*] will not live** long afterward, as he will certainly die from this wound. **In the meantime, they should force-feed him fatty meat** that was roasted **over coals, and undiluted wine.** If they do this, it is **possible that he will live** for **a little bit** longer **and** have time to **instruct his household** with regard to what they should do after his death.


###### Gittin 70a:4
[Gittin 70a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:4)

אָמַר רַב אִידִי בַּר אָבִין: הַאי מַאן דִּבְלַע זִיבּוּרָא – מִיחְיָיא לָא חָיֵי, אַדְּהָכִי וְהָכִי נַשְׁקְיֵהּ רְבִיעֵתָא דְּחַלָּא שַׁמְגָּז, אֶפְשָׁר דְּחָיֵי פּוּרְתָּא וּמְפַקֵּיד לְבֵיתֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Similarly, **Rav Idi bar Avin said: One who swallowed a hornet will not live. In the meantime they should give him a quarter-***log* **of sharp [*shamzag*] vinegar to drink.** If they do this, **it is possible that he will live** for **a little bit** longer **and** have time to **instruct his household** with regard to what they should do after his death.


###### Gittin 70a:5
[Gittin 70a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:5)

אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: אָכַל בְּשַׂר שׁוֹר בְּלֶפֶת, וְלָן בַּלְּבָנָה בְּלֵילֵי אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר אוֹ חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר בִּתְקוּפַת תַּמּוּז – אֹחַזְתּוֹ אֲחִילוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says:** If one **ate ox meat with a turnip, and slept by** the light of **the moon on the night of the fourteenth or the fifteenth** of the month **in the season of Tammuz,** i.e., summer, he will be **afflicted with *aḥilu*,** a severe fever.


###### Gittin 70a:6
[Gittin 70a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:6)

תָּנָא: וְהַמְמַלֵּא כְּרֵיסוֹ מִכׇּל דָּבָר, אֹחַזְתּוֹ אֲחִילוּ. אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא: אֲפִילּוּ מִתַּמְרֵי. פְּשִׁיטָא! סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא, הוֹאִיל וְאָמַר מָר: תַּמְרֵי – מַשְׂבְּעָן, וּמְשַׁחֲנָן, וּמְשַׁלְשְׁלָן, וּמְאַשְּׁרָן וְלָא מְפַנְּקָן; אֵימָא לָא, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
A Sage **taught: And one who fills his stomach with anything,** meaning that he eats too much, will be **afflicted with *aḥilu*. Rav Pappa said: Even** if he fills his stomach **with dates.** The Gemara asks: **Isn’t** this **obvious,** as Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi explicitly mentioned if one fills his stomach with anything. The Gemara answers: **It might enter your mind to say** that **since the Master said** the following in praise of dates: **Dates satisfy** the body, **warm** it up, **act as a laxative, strengthen** the body, **and do not spoil** it, one might **say** that as dates are beneficial, he would not be harmed by eating too many. Nevertheless, it **teaches us** that they can also cause harm when eaten in excess.


###### Gittin 70a:7
[Gittin 70a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:7)

מַאי אֲחִילוּ? אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: אֵשׁ שֶׁל עֲצָמוֹת. מַאי ״אֵשׁ שֶׁל עֲצָמוֹת״? אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: אֵשׁ גַּרְמֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What** is the affliction ***aḥilu*** mentioned here? **Rabbi Elazar says: A fire of the bones.** The Gemara asks: **What is a fire of the bones? Abaye said:** This is what is called ***esh garmei*** in Aramaic.


###### Gittin 70a:8
[Gittin 70a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:8)

מַאי אָסוּתֵיהּ? אָמַר אַבָּיֵי, אֲמַרָה לִי אֵם: כּוּלְּהוּ שַׁקְיָינֵי – תְּלָתָא, וְשִׁבְעָא, וּתְרֵיסַר; וְהַאי – עַד דְּמִתַּסֵּי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**What is its remedy? Abaye said: My mother told me** that **any drink** consumed for medicinal purposes should be taken for either **three or seven or twelve** days, depending on what is necessary for that specific ailment. **And** if **this** is taken to treat *aḥilu* then he must drink it **until he is healed.**


###### Gittin 70a:9
[Gittin 70a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:9)

כּוּלְּהוּ שַׁקְיָינֵי – אַלִּיבָּא רֵיקָנָא, וְהַאי – בָּתַר דְּאָכֵל, וְשָׁתֵי, וְעָיֵיל לְבֵית הַכִּסֵּא, וְנָפֵיק וּמָשֵׁי יְדֵיהּ. וּמַיְיתוּ לֵיהּ בּוּנָא דִּשְׁתִיתָא דִּטְלָפְחֵי, וּבוּנָא דְּחַמְרָא עַתִּיקָא, וְנִיגְבְּלִינְהוּ בַּהֲדֵי הֲדָדֵי וְנֵיכוֹל; וְנִיכְרוֹךְ בִּסְדִינֵיהּ, וְנַיגְנְיֵהּ, וְלֵיכָּא דְּנוֹקְמֵיהּ עַד דְּקָאֵי מִנַּפְשֵׁיהּ; וְכִי קָאֵי, לִישְׁקְלֵיהּ לִסְדִינֵיהּ מִינֵּיהּ, וְאִי לָא, הָדַר עִילָּוֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Any drink** consumed for medicinal purposes should be consumed **with an empty heart,** i.e., without eating first. **And** for **this** disease of *aḥilu* he consumes the medicine **after he eats and drinks and enters the bathroom, and exits and washes his hands, and they bring him a fistful of *shetita*,** a type of food made **from lentils, and a fistful of aged wine. And let him mix them together and let him eat** this mixture. **And let him wrap himself with his sheet and sleep. And let there be no** one **who will awaken him until he awakens on his own. And when he awakens let him remove the sheet from himself. And if** he does **not** do this then the illness **will return to him.**


###### Gittin 70a:10
[Gittin 70a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:10)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ אֵלִיָּהוּ לְרַבִּי נָתָן: אֱכוֹל שְׁלִישׁ וּשְׁתֵה שְׁלִישׁ וְהַנַּח שְׁלִישׁ – לִכְשֶׁתִּכְעוֹס, תַּעֲמוֹד עַל מִילּוּאֶךָ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Elijah** the prophet **said to Rabbi Natan: Eat a third** of your fill, **and drink a third** of your fill, **and leave a third** of your fill, so that **when you become angry you** will **become full.** If you do this, there will be room, as it were, for the anger. If you become angry when your stomach is full you will be harmed.


###### Gittin 70a:11
[Gittin 70a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:11)

תָּנֵי רַבִּי חִיָּיא: הָרוֹצֶה שֶׁלֹּא יָבֹא לִידֵי חוֹלִי מֵעַיִים, יְהֵא רָגִיל בְּטִיבּוּל – קַיִץ וָחוֹרֶף; סְעוּדָתְךָ שֶׁהֲנָאָתְךָ מִמֶּנָּה – מְשׁוֹךְ יָדְךָ הֵימֶנָּה; וְאַל תְּשַׁהֶה עַצְמְךָ בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאַתָּה צָרִיךְ לִנְקָבֶיךָ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Ḥiyya teaches: One who does not want to come to** a situation whereby he contracts **intestinal disease** should **become accustomed to dipping** his food in wine or vinegar, both in the **summer** and in the **winter.** He also teaches: **You should remove your hand,** i.e., stop eating, **from a meal that you enjoy** so that you do not overeat. **And do not delay yourself at the time when it is necessary to relieve yourself.**


###### Gittin 70a:12
[Gittin 70a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:12)

אָמַר מָר עוּקְבָא: הַאי מַאן דְּשָׁתֵי טִילְיָא חִיוָּרָא – אֹחַזְתּוֹ וִיתֵּק. אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: שִׁיתִּין מִינֵי חַמְרָא הֲווֹ, מְעַלְּיָא דְּכוּלְּהוּ – סוּמָּקָא רֵיחָתָנָא, גְּרִיעָא דְּכוּלְּהוּ – טִילְיָא חִיוָּרָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Mar Ukva said: This one who drinks inferior white wine [*tilya*]** will be **afflicted with weakness [*vitak*]. Rav Ḥisda said: There are sixty types of wine. The best of them all** is **red, fragrant** wine. **The worst of them all** is **inferior white wine.**


###### Gittin 70a:13
[Gittin 70a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:13)

אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה: הַאי מַאן דְּיָתֵיב בְּצַפְרָנֵי נִיסָן גַּבֵּי נוּרָא, וְשָׁיֵיף מִשְׁחָא, וְנָפֵיק וְיָתֵיב בְּשִׁמְשָׁא – אֹחַזְתּוֹ וִיתַּק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Yehuda said: This one who sits near the fire during the mornings** in the month **of Nisan and rubs** himself **with oil and** then **goes out and sits in the sun** will be **afflicted with weakness.**


###### Gittin 70a:14
[Gittin 70a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:14)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: הִקִּיז דָּם וְשִׁימֵּשׁ מִטָּתוֹ – הוֹוִיין לוֹ בָּנִים וִיתְּקִין. הִקִּיזוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם וְשִׁימְּשׁוּ – הוֹוִיין לָהֶן בָּנִים בַּעֲלֵי רָאתָן. אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא: לָא אֲמַרַן אֶלָּא דְּלָא טָעֵים מִידֵּי, אֲבָל טָעֵים מִידֵּי – לֵית לַן בַּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught:** One who **let blood and** afterward **engaged in sexual intercourse has weak children** conceived from those acts of intercourse. If **both of them,** husband and wife, **let blood and engaged in sexual intercourse they will have children afflicted** with a disease known as ***ra’atan*. Rav Pappa said: We said** this **only** if **he did not taste anything** after letting blood. **But** if **he tasted something** then **we have no** problem **with it.**


###### Gittin 70a:15
[Gittin 70a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:15)

אָמַר רַבָּה בַּר רַב הוּנָא: בָּא מִן הַדֶּרֶךְ וְשִׁימֵּשׁ מִטָּתוֹ – הוֹוִיין לוֹ בָּנִים וִיתְּקִין. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: הַבָּא מִבֵּית הַכִּסֵּא, אַל יְשַׁמֵּשׁ מִטָּתוֹ עַד שֶׁיִּשְׁהֶה שִׁיעוּר חֲצִי מִיל, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁשֵּׁד בֵּית הַכִּסֵּא מְלַוֶּה עִמּוֹ; וְאִם שִׁימֵּשׁ – הוֹוִיין לוֹ בָּנִים נִכְפִּים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabba bar Rav Huna says:** One who **came** back **from** traveling on **the road and engaged in sexual intercourse** immediately **has weak children** conceived from those acts of intercourse. **The Sages taught:** With regard to **one who comes** in **from the bathroom,** he should **not engage in sexual intercourse until he waits the measure of** time it takes to walk **half a *mil* because the demon of the bathroom accompanies him. And if he engaged in sexual intercourse** without waiting this measure of time, **he has children** who are **epileptic.**


###### Gittin 70a:16
[Gittin 70a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:16)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: הַמְשַׁמֵּשׁ מִטָּתוֹ מְעוּמָּד – אוֹחַזְתּוֹ עֲוִית; מְיוּשָּׁב – אוֹחַזְתּוֹ דָּלָרְיָא; הִיא מִלְּמַעְלָה וְהוּא מִלְּמַטָּה – אוֹחַזְתּוֹ דָּלָרְיָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught: One who engages in sexual intercourse** while **standing** will be **afflicted by spasms.** One who engages in sexual intercourse while **sitting** will be **afflicted with *dalarya*.**If **she,** the woman, is **above and he,** the husband, is **below** during sexual intercourse, then he will be **afflicted with *dalarya*.**


###### Gittin 70a:17
[Gittin 70a:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:17)

מַאי דָּלָרְיָא? אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: סַם דָּלָרְיָא – דַּרְדָּרָא. מַאי דַּרְדָּרָא? אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: מוֹרִיקָא דְחוֹחֵי. רַב פָּפָּא אָלֵיס וּבָלַע לֵיהּ. רַב פַּפֵּי אָלֵיס וְשָׁדֵי לֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What** is ***dalarya*? Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:** The **remedy for *dalarya*** is ***dardara*.** The Gemara asks: **What** is ***dardara*? Abaye said: Saffron of thorns. Rav Pappa** would **chew [*aleis*] and swallow** this remedy. **Rav Pappi** would **chew and spit it** out.


###### Gittin 70a:18
[Gittin 70a:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:18)

אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ בָּקִי בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶרֶץ, לֵיתֵי שְׁלֹשָׁה קְפִיזֵי קוּרְטְמֵי דְחוֹחֵי, וְנֵידוּקִינְהוּ, וְנִישְׁלְקִינְהוּ בְּחַמְרָא וְנִישְׁתֵּי. אֲמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: הֵן הֵן הֶחְזִירוּנִי לְנַעֲרוּתִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye says:** As a remedy for **one who is not an expert,** i.e., does not have strength, **in** the **way of the world,** i.e., in sexual intercourse, **let him bring three vessels [*kefizei*],** each containing three-quarters of a *log* of **safflower thorns. And let him grind them, and boil them in wine, and drink** the mixture. **Rabbi Yoḥanan says: These are** the remedies that **return me to my youth** with regard to sexual intercourse.


###### Gittin 70a:19
[Gittin 70a:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:19)

שְׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים מַכְחִישִׁים כֹּחוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: פַּחַד, דֶּרֶךְ וְעָוֹן. פַּחַד – דִּכְתִיב: ״לִבִּי סְחַרְחַר עֲזָבַנִי כֹחִי״. דֶּרֶךְ – דִּכְתִיב: ״עִנָּה בַדֶּרֶךְ כֹּחִי״. עָוֹן – דִּכְתִיב: ״כָּשַׁל בַּעֲוֹנִי כֹחִי״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Three things diminish a person’s strength, and they are: Fear,** traveling on the **road, and sin.** The Gemara explains: **Fear, as it is written: “My heart flutters, my strength fails me”** (Psalms 38:11). Traveling on the **road, as it is written: “He has weakened my strength on the road”** (Psalms 102:24). **Sin, as it is written: “My strength fails because of my sin”** (Psalms 31:11).


###### Gittin 70a:20
[Gittin 70a:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:20)

שְׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים מַתִּיזִין גּוּפוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: אָכַל מְעוּמָּד, וְשָׁתָה מְעוּמָּד, וְשִׁימֵּשׁ מִטָּתוֹ מְעוּמָּד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Three things break a person’s body, and they are:** If he **ate** while **standing,** if he **drank** while **standing, and** if he **engaged in sexual intercourse** while **standing.**


###### Gittin 70a:21
[Gittin 70a:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:21)

חֲמִשָּׁה קְרוֹבִין לְמִיתָה יוֹתֵר מִן הַחַיִּים, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: אָכַל וְעָמַד, שָׁתָה וְעָמַד, הִקִּיז דָּם וְעָמַד, יָשֵׁן וְעָמַד, שִׁימֵּשׁ מִטָּתוֹ וְעָמַד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
There are **five** actions that bring one **closer to death than** to **life, and they are:** If he **ate and stood** up immediately, if he **drank and stood** up immediately, if he **let blood and stood** up immediately, if he **slept and stood** up immediately, and if he **engaged in sexual intercourse and stood** up immediately.


###### Gittin 70a:22
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שִׁשָּׁה, הָעוֹשֶׂה אוֹתָן – מִיָּד מֵת, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: הַבָּא בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְנִתְיַיגַּע, הִקִּיז דָּם, וְנִכְנַס לְבֵית הַמֶּרְחָץ, וְשָׁתָה וְנִשְׁתַּכֵּר, וְיָשַׁן עַל גַּבֵּי קַרְקַע, וְשִׁימֵּשׁ מִטָּתוֹ. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: וְהוּא שֶׁעֲשָׂאָן כְּסִידְרָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to **one who performs** the following acts, if he performs the **six** of **them** consecutively **he dies immediately, and they are:** If **one came** back **from** a journey **on the road and was exhausted, let blood, and entered the bathhouse, and drank and became intoxicated, and slept on the ground, and engaged in sexual intercourse,** then he will die. **Rabbi Yoḥanan says: But he** will die for certain only in the case **where he performs them in this order.**


###### Gittin 70a:23
[Gittin 70a:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:23)

אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: כְּסִידְרָן – מֵת, שֶׁלֹּא כְּסִידְרָן – חָלֵישׁ. אִינִי?! וְהָא מְעוּרַת עֲבַדָה לֵיהּ לְעַבְדַּהּ תְּלָת מִינַּיְיהוּ, וּמִית! הָהוּא כָּחוּשׁ הֲוָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye said:** If he performs these actions **in this order he will die.** But if he performs them **out of order he will become weak.** The Gemara asks: **Is that so? But didn’t** a woman named **Me’oret make her slave** perform **three of these** actions **and he died** as a result? The Gemara answers: **That** slave **was weak,** which is why he died. But an ordinary individual would die only upon performing all of these acts in the previously mentioned order.


###### Gittin 70a:24
[Gittin 70a:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:24)

שְׁמוֹנָה – רוּבָּן קָשֶׁה וּמִיעוּטָן יָפֶה, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: דֶּרֶךְ, וְדֶרֶךְ אֶרֶץ, עוֹשֶׁר, וּמְלָאכָה, יַיִן, וְשֵׁינָה, חַמִּין, וְהַקָּזַת דָּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Eight** actions are **difficult** for the body and the soul to handle **in large** amounts **and** are **beneficial in small** amounts, **and they are:** Traveling on the **road,** engaging in the **way of the world,** i.e., engaging in sexual intercourse, having **wealth, work,** drinking **wine, sleep, hot water, and bloodletting.**


###### Gittin 70a:25
[Gittin 70a:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:25)

שְׁמוֹנָה מְמַעֲטִים אֶת הַזֶּרַע, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: הַמֶּלַח, וְהָרָעָב, וְהַנֶּתֶק, בְּכִיָּיה, וְשֵׁינָה עַל גַּבֵּי קַרְקַע, וְגֻדְגְּדָנִיּוֹת, וּכְשׁוּת שֶׁלֹּא בִּזְמַנָּהּ, וְהַקָּזַת דָּם לְמַטָּה – כִּפְלַיִם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Eight** actions or illnesses **decrease the semen, and they are: Salt, hunger,** a skin disease called ***netek*, crying, sleeping on the ground,** the **melilot** plant, **and dodder** eaten **not in its time,** i.e., before it is ripe. **And bloodletting** performed **below,** on the lower portion of the body, causes **twice** as much harm as the other actions mentioned.


###### Gittin 70a:26
[Gittin 70a:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/70a:26)

תָּנָא: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁקָּשָׁה לְמַטָּה כִּפְלַיִם, כָּךְ יָפָה לְמַעְלָה – כִּפְלַיִם. אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Sage **taught: Just as** bloodletting **below** causes **twice** as much **harm, so too,** bloodletting **above,** on the upper portion of the body, is **twice** as **effective. Rav Pappa said:**