Commentary for Berakhot 59:16
רב אשי מצלי בהדי צבורא ביחיד מיושב כי הוה אתי לביתיה הדר ומצלי מעומד אמרי ליה רבנן ולעביד מר כמרימר ומר זוטרא אמר להו טריחא לי מלתא ולעביד מר כאבוה דשמואל ולוי אמר להו לא חזינא להו לרבנן קשישי מינן דעבדי הכי:
Rab Ashe used to say the prayers in the presence of the assembly alone and sitting, and when he returned to his house, he again said the Tefillah standing. The Rabbis said to him, "The master should act like Maremar and Mar Zotra." He replied, "It is too much trouble for me." "Then let the master act like Samuel's father and Levi." He replied, "We have not seen the Rabbis who are older than we acting in this manner."
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
I.e. on the Sabbath before the Festival. He gave his Amora the gist of the discourse, and while the latter was expounding it, Rab Ashe said his prayers sitting to avoid giving the assembly the trouble of standing up, as they would have to do out of respect for him, if he stood to say the Tefillah.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Who gathered a quorum at their house.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Who said the Tefillah before the Shema'.
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