Commentary for Berakhot 102:7
אדהכי שמעה ילתא קמה בזיהרא ועלתה לבי חמרא ותברא ארבע מאה דני דחמרא אמר ליה רב נחמן נשדר לה מר כסא אחרינא שלח לה כל האי נבגא דברכתא היא שלחה ליה ממהדורי מילי ומסמרטוטי כלמי
Meanwhile Jalta heard [that the cup of benediction had not been sent to her]. She arose in anger, went to the wine-cellar and broke four hundred flasks of wine. Rab Nahman said to him, "Let the master send her another cup." 'Ulla sent it to her [with the message], "All this measure of wine belongs to the benediction." She sent back the reply, "From pedlars comes gossip, from rags come vermin."
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
He meant that not only the wine in the cop of benediction, but the whole flask from which it is poured, brings a blessing ; and the cup he was sending her contained such wine.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
A proverb which Jalta quoted to imply that from such a man as 'Ulla nothing good could be expected.
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