Commentary for Pesachim 206:6

כי מטא לאבדולי קם שמעיה ואדליק אבוקה משרגא א"ל למה לך כולי האי הא מנחא שרגא א"ל שמעא מדעתיה דנפשיה קא עביד א"ל אי לא שמיע ליה מיניה דמר לא הוה עביד א"ל לא סבר ליה מר אבוקה להבדלה מצוה מן המובחר

he had detached his mind from drinking;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His decision to say Grace proved that.');">¹⁰</span> [whereas] here he had not detached his mind from drinking. When he came to perform habdalah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is a continuation of the passage narrating .R. Jacob b. Aha's visit to Raba, which had been parenthetically interrupted by the somewhat similar story about Amemar and his companions. The meal in question took place toward the end of the Sabbath, and at the termination of the Sabbath Raba performed habdalah.');">¹¹</span>

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