Commentary for Megillah 10:8

איני והא רב חזייה לההוא גברא דהוה קא שדי כיתנא בפוריא ולטייה ולא צמח כיתניה התם בר יומא הוה

Is this so? But wasn't it Rav who saw a certain man who was sowing flax on Purim and he cursed him and the flax did not sprout? There, he was [sowing] on [his] day [of observance].

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