Commentary for Zevachim 226:21

אלא אמר רב מני לא קשיא כאן קודם וידוי כאן לאחר וידוי:

But we see that there are [wealthy people there]? - They do not last three generations. R'Ammi said: He who eats earth of Babylon is as though he ate the flesh of his ancestors.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who died there.');">¹⁷</span>

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