Commentary for Eruvin 105:22

בני יהודה גמרו מחד רבה נתקיימה תורתן בידם בני גליל דלא גמרי מחד רבה לא נתקיימה תורתן בידם

but that of the las generations was like the door of the Hekal,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Ulam and the Hekal (v. supra 2a) were two of the chambers which together with the Debir constituted the Temple. The door of the Ulam was twenty cubits wide while that of the Hekal was only ten.');">⁴⁰</span> but ours is like the eye of a fine needle. R'Akiba is classed among the ancients; R'Eleazar B'Shammua among the last generations.

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