Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Taanit 23:5

אמר שמואל כל תענית שלא קיבל עליו מבעוד יום לאו שמיה תענית ואי יתיב מאי אמר רבה בר שילא דמי למפוחא דמליא זיקא

- There too the fasting was merely in order to afflict themselves [in sympathy with the community]. Come and hear: R'Johanan [once] said: 'I will fast until I return home'! - There he said this merely in order to evade the hospitality of the house of the Nasi.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');"><sup>5</sup></span>

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