Commentary for Taanit 42:8

בדרוקרת הוות דליקתא ובשיבבותיה דרב הונא לא הוות דליקתא סבור מינה בזכותא דרב הונא דנפיש איתחזי להו בחילמא האי זוטרא ליה לרב הונא אלא משום ההיא איתתא דמחממת תנורא ומשיילי לשיבבותיה

Once a fire broke out in Derokereth but it did not spread to the locality where R'Huna resided. People thought that it was on account of the great merit of R'Huna, but in a dream it was made clear to them that this was far too small a matter to need R'Huna's great merit, but that it was on account of a certain woman who [on the eve of Sabbaths] would heat her oven and permit her neighbours to make use of it.

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