And they were lying on their backs. And the knee of one of them was raised up, and an Arab merchant rode in beneath his knee while mounted on a camel, with his spear held upright, and he did not touch him. I cut off one corner of the sky-blue fringe of one of them, and we could not move on. He said to me: Perhaps you took something from them? Return it, for it is a tradition that whoever takes something from them cannot move on. I went and returned it, and then we could move on. He said to me: Come, I will show you the place where earth and heaven kiss one another. I took my bread basket and set it in a window of the firmament. While I was praying, I sought it but did not find it. I said to him: Are there thieves here? He said to me: This is the wheel of the firmament that revolves. Wait here until tomorrow, and you will find it.
Where Heaven And Earth Meet
Bava Batra 74a
וְגָנוּ אַפַּרְקִיד. וַהֲוָה זְקִיפָא בִּרְכֵּיהּ דְּחַד מִינַּיְיהוּ, וְעָיֵל טַיָּיעָא תּוּתֵי בִּרְכֵּיהּ כִּי רְכִיב גַּמְלָא, וּזְקִיפָא רוּמְחֵיהּ וְלָא נָגַע בֵּיהּ. פְּסַקִי חֲדָא קַרְנָא דִתְכֵלְתָּא דְּחַד מִינַּיְיהוּ, וְלָא הֲוָה מִסְתַּגִּי לַן. אָמַר לִי: דִּלְמָא שְׁקַלְתְּ מִידֵּי מִינַּיְיהוּ? אַהְדְּרֵיהּ, דִּגְמִירִי דְּמַאן דְּשָׁקֵיל מִידֵּי מִינַּיְיהוּ לָא מִסְתַּגִּי לֵיהּ. אֲזַלִי אַהְדַּרְתֵּיהּ, וַהֲדַר מִסְתַּגִּי לַן. אָמַר לִי: תָּא אַחְוֵי לָךְ הֵיכָא דְּנָשְׁקִי אַרְעָא וּרְקִיעָא אַהֲדָדֵי. שְׁקַלְתָּא לְסִילְתַּאי, אַתְנַחְתָּא בְּכַוְּותָא דִרְקִיעָא. אַדִּמְצַלֵּינָא, בְּעֵיתֵיהּ וְלָא אַשְׁכַּחְתֵּהּ. אָמֵינָא לֵיהּ: אִיכָּא גַּנָּבֵי הָכָא? אֲמַר לִי: הַאי גִּלְגְּלָא דִרְקִיעָא הֲוָה דְּהָדַר, נְטַר עַד לִמְחַר הָכָא – וּמַשְׁכַּחַתְּ לַהּ.