Commentary for Berakhot 14:27
א"ל רבי יצחק לרב נחמן מ"ט לא אתי מר לבי כנישתא לצלויי אמר ליה לא יכילנא א"ל לכנפי למר עשרה וליצלי אמר ליה טריחא לי מלתא ולימא ליה מר לשלוחא דצבורא בעידנא דמצלי צבורא ליתי ולודעיה למר
Rab Isaac asked Rab Nahman, "Why does not the master come to the Synagogue to pray ?" He answered, "I am not able [through indisposition]." He said to him, "Then the master should gather ten together and pray [with a quorum]." He replied, "It is too great a trouble for me." "Then the master should tell the messenger of the congregation at the time when the congregation prays to come and inform him."
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
It was respectful to address a person in the third person with the title "master," not in the second person.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
So that Rab Nahman should say his prayers simultaneously with them.
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Rashi on Berakhot
I am not able- my strength has been taken away from me:
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