Sotah 9:12 — What Ceased and Dwindled with the Churban

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What Ceased and Dwindled with the Churban

מַה שֶּׁפָּסַק וְנִתְמַעֵט בַּחֻרְבָּן
Mishnah סוטה ט׳:י״ב · Sotah 9:12
מִשֶּׁמֵּתוּ נְבִיאִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים, בָּטְלוּ אוּרִים וְתֻמִּים.
מִשֶּׁחָרַב בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ,
בָּטַל הַשָּׁמִיר
וְנֹפֶת צוּפִים,
וּפָסְקוּ אַנְשֵׁי אֲמָנָה,
שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים יב) הוֹשִׁיעָה ה׳ כִּי גָמַר חָסִיד וְגוֹ׳.
רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ,
מִיּוֹם שֶׁחָרַב בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, אֵין יוֹם שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ קְלָלָה, וְלֹא יָרַד הַטַּל לִבְרָכָה, וְנִטַּל טַעַם הַפֵּרוֹת.
רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, אַף נִטַּל שֹׁמֶן הַפֵּרוֹת.
When the early nevi'im died, the Urim v'Tumim ceased.
When the Beis HaMikdash was destroyed,
the shamir ceased,
and nofes tzufim,
and the men of faithfulness ceased,
as it is said, (Tehillim 12:2) "Save us, Hashem, for the pious have come to an end…"
Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says in the name of Rabbi Yehoshua:
from the day the Beis HaMikdash was destroyed, there is no day without curse; the dew has not descended in blessing; and the taste has been removed from the fruit.
Rabbi Yossi says: also the fattiness of the fruit has been removed.

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