Commentary for Eruvin 108:5

תנא דבי רב ענן מאי דכתיב (שופטים ה, י) רוכבי אתונות צחורות יושבי על מדין [והולכי על דרך שיחו] רוכבי אתונות אלו תלמידי חכמים שמהלכין מעיר לעיר וממדינה למדינה ללמוד (בו) תורה צחורות שעושין אותה כצהרים יושבי על מדין שדנין דין אמת לאמיתו והולכי אלו בעלי מקרא על דרך אלו בעלי משנה שיחו אלו בעלי תלמוד שכל שיחתן דברי תורה

that he sat and studied Torah in the lower market of Sepphoris while his linen cloak lay in the upper market of the town.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So absorbed was he in his studies that he forgot to take his cloak with him (cf. R. Han.) Rashi explains (here rendered 'thou wilt be vda ravished') as 'thou wilt make a fool of thyself' (rt. 'to err', 'be confused') by neglecting one's work or trade and engaging in study. R. Eleazar presumably left his cloak with his wares in the upper market while, absorbed in his studies, he went down to the lower one oblivious of both his cloak and his wares.');">⁵</span> R.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cur. edd. in parenthesis. 'It was taught'.');">⁶</span> Isaac B'Eleazar related: A man once came to take it and found a venomous serpent in it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Providential protection of the property of the just.');">⁷</span> It was taught at the school of R'Anan: What is the exposition of the scriptural text, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit on rich cloths, and ye that walk by the way, tell of it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Judg. V, 10.');">⁸</span>

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