Commentary for Avodah Zarah 32:9
א"ר זירא כי הוינן בי רב יהודה אמר לן גמירו מינאי הא מילתא דמגברא רבה שמיע לי ולא ידענא אי מרב אי משמואל חיה גסה הרי היא כבהמה דקה לפירכוס
Zera said: When we were at the school of Rav Judah he said to us: Learn from me this matter for I have heard it from a great man, but I do not know whether from Rav or from Shmuel: “A large wild beast is like small cattle with regard to struggling.”
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
Zera begins his adventure by learning at the school of R. Judah. There he learns the statement, but Rav Judah does not know whether he learned it from Shmuel or from Rav, the two great amoraim of the first generation in Babylonia.
At Korkunia, he hears another sage reciting the tradition in the name of Shmuel, so he believes that it originated with him.
At Korkunia, he hears another sage reciting the tradition in the name of Shmuel, so he believes that it originated with him.
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