Commentary for Taanit 45:16
יתיב קא כריך ריפתא אתא ליה שינתא נים אהדרא ליה משוניתא איכסי מעינא ונים שבעין שנין כי קם חזייה לההוא גברא דהוה קא מלקט מינייהו אמר ליה את הוא דשתלתיה א"ל בר בריה אנא אמר ליה שמע מינה דניימי שבעין שנין חזא לחמריה דאתיילידא ליה רמכי רמכי
As he slept a rocky formation enclosed upon him which hid him from sight and he continued to sleep for seventy years. When he awoke he saw a man gathering the fruit of the carob tree and he asked him, Are you the man who planted the tree? The man replied: I am his grandson.
Rashi on Taanit
He sat [meaning,] Choni HaMe'aggel, and he ate bread.
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Rashi on Taanit
A cliff formed around him: A boulder arose around him.
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Rashi on Taanit
And he was concealed from sight: So they did not find him there.
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Several herds: The offspring of offspring. It was pregnant with a male, and during those years that he slept, it also mated with it and they were born.
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