Commentary for Chullin 37:8
אנא לא חילק ידענא ולא בילק ידענא אנא שמעתא ידענא דא"ר חייא בר אבא א"ר יוחנן ואמרי לה א"ר אבא בר זבדא א"ר חנינא ואמרי לה א"ר יעקב בר אידי א"ר יהושע בן לוי
I know no Hillak and no Billak;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Fictitious names for any person (similar to our 'Tom, Dick and Harry') . V. Sanh. 98b. According to a view in Rashi the interpretation is: I know ekhj of no opinion which insists on severing (= Heb.) the top ring completely (i.e., the view of the Rabbis in the Mishnah) , nor of any opinion ekhc ekj which insists on rending (= Heb.) the greater portion of it (i.e., the view of R. Jose b. R. Judah) etc. . V. Aruch s.v. VI.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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