Ketubot 112b (קיב:) — the Talmud in English

Rabbi Ami and Rabbi Asi stood

and moved from their places during the summer

from the sun to the shade,

from the place reached by the sun to a shaded place,

and

during the cold season they would move

from the shade,

from a place with shade,

to the sun,

to a place where the warming rays of the sun were present. And they did this so that they would not be able to complain about dwelling in the Land of Israel.

Rabbi Hiyya bar Gamra would roll

and lie

in its dust

of the Land of Israel.

In order to fulfill what

is stated

[Psalms 102]:

“For Your servants have desired its stones, and shown favor to its dust.”

Rabbi Zeira said that Rabbi Yirmeya bar Abba said: In the generation in which the son of David comes, there will be much accusation

there will be many accusers and many who argue against

the Torah scholars,

who will stand against them.

And Rabbi Zeira added:

When I said this,

when I said this

before Shmuel—

he said

to me:

“One refining after another,”

there will be decrees after decrees on the eve of his arrival.

And as

is stated

by the prophet Isaiah [chapter 6], in his prophecy concerning what will happen in the future, on the eve of the coming of the Mashiah:

“And yet a tenth portion remains [

the Всевышний will sift the wicked from His nation, the Israelite nation, through the fire of a terrible destruction, just as a refiner purifies silver from its dross through the heat of fire, until only a select tenth of all Israel remains ]”.

But this sifting will not suffice.

Rather,

“and it shall return

the Israelite nation once again,

and become fit for burning” [

the Israelite nation will again return, after only a tenth of the nation remains, to be refined in fire, in order to purify it completely ].

Rav Yosef taught: Through plunderers, and through plunderers of plunderers,

there will be plunderers who will exile them from their land, and plunderers of plunderers, who will exile them again after they return from the exile—this will happen to the Israelite nation.

And in order to conclude with a positive matter, the Gemara brings a statement concerning the future praise of the Land of Israel:

Rav Hiyya bar Ashi said that Rav said: In the future, all the barren trees in the Land of Israel will bear fruit.

As is stated

[Joel 2]:

“For a tree

barren

bears its fruit.

The fig tree and vine have yielded their strength.”

We have returned to you, chapter “Two Judges of Decrees,” and the tractate Ketubot is concluded.