Commentary for Menachot 105:17
כיון דשמעיה דקאמר אדיר פתח ואמר יבא אדיר ויפרע לאדירים מאדירים באדירים
They told him that he was a learned man, whereupon he said, 'Let him come in'. He at once saw that his [R'Ezra's] mind was troubled, so he began his discourse and said, I said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord; my gratefulness is not with thee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps., XVI, 2.');"><sup>17</sup></span>
Mei HaShiloach
Gemara: The rabbinic students said to R' Preida: "R' Ezra, the grandson of R' Avtolas, who is a tenth-generation descendant of R' Elazar ben Azaryah, who was a tenth-generation descendant of Ezra the Scribe, is standing at the door." R' Preida said to them: "What is all this? Why do you give his lineage? ... If he is a scholar and of distinguished ancestry fine. But if he is of distinguished ancestry and is not a scholar, [may fire consume him!]" They answered him: "He is a scholar." [R' Preida] said to them: "Let him enter and come before us." When R' Ezra entered [R'Preida] saw that his mind was unsettled. [R' Preida] therefore began saying,[NOTE: Translated in accord with the Izhbitzer's explanation below]: "'I said to God," etc., 'My good is in other than you.'"
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