Halakhah for Nedarim 123:12

אמר רבא שרי ליה לצורבא מרבנן למימר צורבא מרבנן אנא שרו לי תיגראי ברישא דכתיב (שמואל ב ח, יח) ובני דוד כהנים היו מה כהן נוטל בראש אף תלמיד חכם נוטל בראש וכהן מנא לן דכתיב (ויקרא כא, ח) וקדשתו כי את לחם (ה') אלהיך הוא מקריב ותנא דבי רבי ישמעאל וקדשתו לכל דבר שבקדושה

Raba said: A man may reveal his identity where he is unknown, as it is said, but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Kings XVIII, 12 ');">¹⁹</span> But as for the difficulty of R. Tarfon,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra. ');">²⁰</span> — he was very wealthy, and should have pacified him with money. Raba opposed [two verses]: It is written, But I thy servant fear the Lord for in my mouth,' whilst it is also written, Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XXVII, 2. ');">²¹</span> One refers to a place where he is known; the other, to where he is unknown. Raba said: A rabbinical scholar may assert, I am a rabbinical scholar; let my business receive first attention;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'dismiss my case first'. E g., in a shop or market place. cf. the story in Kid. 70a. ');">²²</span> as it is written, And David's sons were priests,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Sam. VIII, 18. They were not priests, of course; hence the verse means that as scholars they were entitled to certain priestly privileges. ');">²³</span> just as a priest receives [his portion] first, So does the scholar too. And whence do we know this of a priest? — Because it is written, Thou shalt sanctify him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 8. ');">²⁴</span> whereon the School of R. Ishmael taught: 'Thou shalt sanctify him' — in all matters pertaining to holiness:

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