Commentary for Niddah 72:75

עיילוה בחמימי אפקוה מקרירי עיילוה בקרירי אפקוה מחמימי נח נפשיה דרב אסי

said to R. Assi, 'Go and restrain him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From acting in the same manner. ');">⁵⁹</span> and if he does not listen to you try to convince him'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Garyeh, lit., 'attract him'. ');">⁶⁰</span> The other thought that he was told, 'put him under the ban'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gadyeh, lit., 'cut him off'. ');">⁶¹</span> After Rab's soul came to its eternal rest he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Assi. ');">⁶²</span> said to him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shila. ');">⁶³</span> 'Retract, for Rab has retracted'. 'If', the other retorted, 'he had retracted he would have told me so'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He was a disciple of Rab. ');">⁶⁴</span> As he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shila. ');">⁶³</span> did not listen to him' the latter put him under the ban. 'Is not the Master', the other<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shila. ');">⁶³</span> asked him, 'afraid of the fire?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. that he would suffer for his high handed action. ');">⁶⁵</span> 'I', the former replied, 'am Issi b. Judah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [He probably meant that his name Assi bore resemblance to that of Assi b. Judah who bore a variety of names, v. Pes., Sonc. ed., p. 585. n. 6.]. ');">⁶⁶</span> who is Issi b. Gur-aryeh<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'lion's whelp' (cf. Gen. XLIX. 9). ');">⁶⁷</span> who is Issi b. Gamaliel who is Issi b. Mahalalel, a brazen mortar<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Assitha, play upon 'Assi' or 'Issi'. ');">⁶⁸</span> over which rust has no power'. 'And I', the other retorted, 'am Shila b. Abina, an iron pestle that breaks the brazen mortar Thereupon R. Assi fell ill and they had to put him in hot [blankets] to relieve him from chills and in cold [compresses] to relieve him from heat,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Aliter: They got him hot to relieve him from chills; they got him cold to relieve him from fever (Jast.). ');">⁶⁹</span> and his soul departed to its eternal rest.

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