Commentary for Bava Batra 285:12

איני והא עובדא הוה בנהרדעא ואגביה שמואל פלגא בטבריא ואגביה רבי יוחנן פלגא ותו כי אתא רב יצחק בר יוסף אמר ההוא דמי כלילא דשדו דבי מלכא אאבולי ואאיסטרוגי אמר רבי ניתבו אבולי פלגא ואיסטרוגי פלגא

upon Bule<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Place names' (Goldschmidt). 'Men and governors' (Rashi.). 'Townsmen and villagers' (R. Gershom). 'City council', 'senate', ([G]), and 'city magistrate' ([G]) (Jast.). [The Bule and Startege were the two sections of the wealthy citizens who were held responsible to the Roman government for the full amount of different public burdens. Buchler, A., The Political and Social Leaders of Sepphoris, etc., 39ff.; see also Krauss, Synagogale Altertumer, p. 183.] ');">³³</span> and Startege<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Place names' (Goldschmidt). 'Men and governors' (Rashi.). 'Townsmen and villagers' (R. Gershom). 'City council', 'senate', ([G]), and 'city magistrate' ([G]) (Jast.). [The Bule and Startege were the two sections of the wealthy citizens who were held responsible to the Roman government for the full amount of different public burdens. Buchler, A., The Political and Social Leaders of Sepphoris, etc., 39ff.; see also Krauss, Synagogale Altertumer, p. 183.] ');">³³</span> [and] Rabbi said: Bule shall give a half and Startege a half!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though one of these may have been wealthier or more numerous than the other. This proves that the mention of two names implies that the bearers of these names, whether consisting of many or few, give. or receive, collectively, equal shares. Hence, in the case of the estate given to one's wife and sons, the former should receive a share equal to the total received by the sons, i. e. a half! ');">³⁴</span>

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