Commentary for Gittin 29:4
אבעיא להו ר"ש הנשיא נשיא הוא או משמיה דנשיא קאמר ת"ש דאמר רב יוסף הלכה כר"ש הנשיא ועדיין תיבעי לך נשיא הוא או דקאמר משמיה דנשיא תיקו
A question was asked in the <i>Beth Hamidrash</i>: Was R. Simeon the Prince really a prince,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Nasi, the title of the officially recognised head of the Jewish community in Palestine under the Roman Empire, corresponding to the Resh Galutha in Babylonia. [The name of Simeon the 'Prince' does not occur elsewhere, hence the question whether his designation was 'the Prince' or whether the words 'in the name of the Prince' are omitted from the text. For a similar omission cf. B.K. 39b, 1, v. Tosaf.] ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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