Commentary for Pesachim 227:2

אמר רבה בר בר חנה א"ר יוחנן משמיה דר' יהודה בר' אילעי אכול בצל ושב בצל ולא תיכול אווזין ותרנגולין ויהא לבך רודף עליך פחות ממיכלך וממשתיך ותוסיף על דירתך

reduce your food and drink and increase [expenditure] on your house. When 'Ulla came, he said: In the West [Palestine] a proverb is current: he who eats the fat tail [allitha] must hide in the loft ['alitha],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He who squanders his money on costly dishes must hide from his creditors.');">⁴</span> but he who eats cress [kakule] may lie by the dunghill [kikle]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Aliter: 'place of assembly' from Grk.**,a circle].');">⁵</span>

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