Commentary for Kiddushin 143:2
אמר רב פפא כמחלוקת ליוחסין כך מחלוקת לענין גיטין ורב יוסף אמר מחלוקת ליוחסין אבל לגיטין דברי הכל עד ארבא תניינא דגישרא
But R'Joseph said: They differ only in respect to genealogy, but as for divorce, all agree that it is as far as the second willow clump beyond the bridge.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or, to the second boat of the (floating) bridge (Jast.) .');"><sup>4</sup></span> Rami B'Abba said: Habil Yamma<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'district of the sea: the entire region of Babylon which is traversed by river and canals. Obermeyer, pp. 118f.');"><sup>5</sup></span> is the glory<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the adornment in purple.'');"><sup>6</sup></span> of Babylon.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: its inhabitants are of the purest birth in Babylon. It may also mean in general that it is the finest and most fertile district, as it actually was.');"><sup>7</sup></span> Shunya<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A canal district in the vicinity of Pumbeditha; Obermeyer, pp. 122ff.');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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