Commentary for Moed Katan 33:3

אמר רב יוסף צורבא מרבנן עביד דינא לנפשיה במילתא דפסיקא ליה

[where a disciple had pronounced it] in [defence of] his personal dignity. R'Joseph said that a Collegiate<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , the Babylonian appellation of an acknowledged scholar, a member of the Academy. The term has not been satisfactorily crm ;rm rcj explained; but it is obviously from an Aramaic form, = Hebrew to be joined, adhere to, the equivalent of the Palestinian term = associate, colleague, Collegiate.');">⁴</span> may enforce his own rights in a matter where he is perfectly certain [as to the law].

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