Commentary for Moed Katan 51:5
אמר ליה ריש לקיש לרבי יוחנן אליהו חי הוא אמר ליה כיון דכתיב (מלכים ב ב, יב) ולא ראהו עוד לגבי דידיה כמת דמי
It must be meant to teach that the severed parts ever remain rent [apart] in two.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the two edges of the torn part remain as they are, apart. Cf supra 22b.');"><sup>4</sup></span> Said Resh Lakish to R'Johanan: Elijah [however] is alive!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He constantly reappears, from time to time, communing with saintly persons. Cf. B.M. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> - He replied, Since it is written there 'And he saw 'him no more,' he was as dead to him [to Elisha].'
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