Commentary for Kiddushin 64:5
אמר ליה מצינו גדול ממנו ששמש (אברהם גדול ממנו ושמש) אברהם גדול הדור היה וכתוב בו (בראשית יח, ח) והוא עומד עליהם ושמא תאמרו כמלאכי השרת נדמו לו לא נדמו לו אלא לערביים ואנו לא יהא רבן גמליאל ברבי עומד ומשקה עלינו
while Rabban Gamaliel was standing over them and serving drink. On his offering a cup to R'Eliezer, he did not accept it; but when he offered it to R'Joshua, he did. Said R'Eliezer to him, 'What is this, Joshua: we are sitting, while Rabban Gamaliel is standing over us and serving drink!' 'We find that even a greater than he acted as servitor', he replied: 'Abraham was the greatest man of his age,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'generation'.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
R. Eliezer does not want Rabban Gamaliel, the Nasi, to give him drink even at his own son’s wedding. But R. Joshua says that it is okay—after all Abraham served drinks to his guests. Thus we see that according to R. Joshua, a Nasi can forgive his own honor.
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