Core Text
Core Textרַב אַסִּי רָמֵי: בִּתְלָת בְּשַׁבְּתָא כְּתִיב וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא, וּכְתִיב בַּשִּׁשִּׁי בְּשַׁבָּת ״וְכֹל שִׂיחַ הַשָּׂדֶה טֶרֶם יִהְיֶה בָאָרֶץ״ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁיָּצְאוּ דְּשָׁאִים וְעָמְדוּ עַל פֶּתַח קַרְקַע עַד שֶׁבָּא אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן וּבִקֵּשׁ עֲלֵיהֶם רַחֲמִים וְיָרְדוּ גְּשָׁמִים וְצָמְחוּ, לְלַמֶּדְךָ שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מִתְאַוֶּה לִתְפִלָּתָן שֶׁל צַדִּיקִים.
English of Core Text: Rav Assi raised a contradiction: On the third day of the week it is written “And the earth brought forth grass,” and on the sixth day it is written “and no shrub of the field was yet in the earth” — this teaches that the grasses emerged and stood at the opening of the ground until Adam the first man came and requested mercy for them, and rains fell and they sprouted, to teach you that the Holy One, blessed be He, desires the prayer of the righteous.