Halakhah for Megillah 57:5

בבבל היכא אמר אביי בבי כנישתא דהוצל ובבי כנישתא דשף ויתיב בנהרדעא ולא תימא הכא והכא אלא זמנין הכא וזמנין הכא אמר אביי תיתי לי דכי מרחיקנא פרסה עיילנא ומצלינא התם אבוה דשמואל [ולוי] הוו יתבי בכנישתא דשף ויתיב בנהרדעא אתיא שכינה שמעו קול ריגשא [קמו ונפקו

Where [is the Shekhinah] in Babylonia? Abaye said: In the synagogue of Huzal and in the synagogue of Shaf Veyativ (lit. was destroyed and then rebuilt) in Nehardea. Do not say that it is in both places, but it is sometimes in one and sometimes in the other. Abaye said: May I be rewarded for whenever I am within a parasang I go in and pray there. The father of Samuel and Levi were sitting in the synagogue Shaf Veyativ in Nehardea. The Shekhinah came and they heard a sound of trembling and rose and went out.

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