Elijah the Tishbite once said to Rav Yehudah, the brother of Rav Salla the Holy, " You ask why the Messiah does not come, even though it is just now the Day of Atonement. "And what," asked the Rabbi, " does the Holy One — blessed be He! — say to that? " He says, (Sin lieth at the door*" (Gen. iv. 7). "And what has Satan to say? " He has no permission to accuse any one on the Day of Atonement. " How do we know this? Ramma bar Chamma replied, " Satan by Gematria equals three hundred and sixty-four, therefore on that number of days only has he permission to accuse; but on the Day of Atonement ("*. e., the 365th day) he cannot accuse."