Commentary for Moed Katan 33:19

מר זוטרא חסידא כי מיחייב צורבא מרבנן שמתא ברישא משמית נפשיה והדר משמית לדידיה כי הוה עייל באושפיזיה שרי ליה לנפשיה והדר שרי ליה לדידיה

Mar Zutra, the Pious,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Seemingly one of the Exilarchs or of their family. Cf. Sanh. 7b.');">²³</span> if ever a Collegiate incurred the shammetha, pronounced the shammetha first on himself<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So hateful was it to him. ,hnan');">²⁴</span> and then pronounced it on the culprit; as he entered his house he first absolved himself and then absolved the other.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To be free himself before he freed another. Cf. Tosaf. s.v.');">²⁵</span>

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