Commentary for Berakhot 125:11
דרש בר קפרא זלת קבוץ קנה מינה באתר דלית גבר תמן הוי גבר אמר אביי ש"מ באתר דאית גבר תמן לא תהוי גבר
Bar Kappara expounded : "If goods are cheap, hasten and buy them." "In a place where there is no man, be a man." Abbai said ; Infer from this that where there is a man, do not be a man.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
What follows are proverbs; cf. top of fol. 62 b, p. 412.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Reading with the 'Aruk kephos instead of kebos "collect" sc. money.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Cf. Hillel's maxim in Abot ii. 6, Singer, pp. 187 f.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
I.e. when there is already somebody to teach the people, do not compete with him. Thus Bar Kappara's statement is linked on to the preceding paragraph.
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