Commentary for Berakhot 54:12
כי אתא עולא אמר בצד תמרה הוה ולא בצד עמוד הוה ולא ר' ישמעאל ברבי יוסי הוה אלא ר' אלעזר בר' יוסי הוה ולא של שבת בערב שבת הוה אלא של מוצאי שבת בשבת הוה:
When 'Ulla came he said : It was at the side of this palm-tree, not pillar ; it was not R. Ishmael b. R. Jose, but R. Eleazar b. R. Jose ; and it was not the Sabbath-Tefillah on the Sabbath-eve, but the Tefillah for the conclusion of the Sabbath on the Sabbath.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
M. adds : b. Hisma ; but the correct form of the name is Eliezer Hisma. D. S. thinks that R. Eleazar is here intended.
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M. adds : or in front of his master.
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Without giving him his title of respect.
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Between the week-days and the Sabbath by laying aside all work, since he had said the Sabbath-Tefillah so early.
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M. : Abdan.
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M. omits : b. Liwai.
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On the Sabbath-eve, after saying the Sabbath-Tefillah.
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M.: Abdan.
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Hence in the case of an individual, the Tefillah would have to be repeated.
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So M. correctly. Edd. : Hiyya b. Abin.
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I.e. before dusk.
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See Singer, p. 124.
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M. : Judah.
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M. : Ammi.
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M. omits : in the name of Rab. D. S. gives Rabbi as a variant for Rab ; but the reading of edd. is preferred by Hyman, i. p. 20 b.
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Some edd. and M. omit : Abbai said.
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M. and some edd. : Rab.
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A name given to the Rabbis who were skilled in dialectical contests.
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He probably suspected Rabban Gamaliel of seeking another opportunity to humiliate him. See below.
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The witness against him.
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Waiting for Rabban Gamaliel's permission to sit.
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I.e. the Amora; see Glossary, s.v.
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These two Rabbis differed on which day the New Year was to commence, and Rabban Gamaliel compelled R. Joshua to visit him with his stick and money (as though it were not a holy day) on the Day of Atonement according to the latter's calculation. See Rosh Hash. 25 a.
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See Bekorot 36 a. A scene similar to that described here occurred over the question whether a distinction is to be drawn between a priest who was a Haber and one who was an 'Am ha'ares (see Glossary, s.v.) in the matter of judging the blemish of an animal destined as a sacrifice.
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From his Office as President.
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He was descended from Gentiles.
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Some commentators suppose this to refer to Rabban Gamaliel.
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Lit. "to work for the palace." The meaning of the phrase is not certain. Krauss, T. A. ii. p. 543 n. 100, (since the root means "to till") suggests "to provide the palace with agricultural supplies."
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