Commentary for Yoma 97:16

מאי הוי עלה אמר רב פפא אי חופן חוזר וחופן חבירו נכנס בחפינתו דהא מקיימא חפינה אי אין חופן וחוזר וחופן תבעי לך

-But we see them cured? -The reference here is to red mules, the end of whose feet is white. - At any rate we learn from here that R'Hanina was the older one?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since R. Joshua refers to Hanina as 'R. Hanina', one must assume that the former cannot have been older, for in that case he would have called him by his first name, Instead of saying 'R. Hanina etc.'');">¹⁹</span>

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