Jewish%20thought for Moed Katan 50:1
כי מטו אגישרא קמו גמלי אמר להו ההוא טייעא מאי האי אמרו ליה רבנן דקא עבדי יקרא אהדדי מר אמר מר ניעול ברישא ומר אמר מר ניעול ברישא אמר דינא הוא דרבה בר הונא ליעול ברישא חליף גמליה דרבה בר הונא נתור ככיה ושניה דההוא טייעא
As they came to a bridge the camels<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which were carrying the coffins.');"><sup>1</sup></span> halted. Said a certain Arab<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tayi'a, the name of an Arab tribe which came to be used for Arabs in general.');"><sup>2</sup></span> to those [who accompanied the cortege], What is that?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' What does this strange thing indicate?');"><sup>3</sup></span> - They replied that the [deceased] Rabbis were doing honour to one another: one saying [as it were], 'You, Sir, proceed first', and the other saying, 'You, Sir, proceed first'. Said he, [the Arab]: [In m judgment],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The bracketed words which form the reading of MS.M. are here combined with the text of cur. edtl. to bring out the import of the Arab's remarks more fully.');"><sup>4</sup></span> it is right that [a notable the son of a notable],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The bracketed words which form the reading of MS.M. are here combined with the text of cur. edtl. to bring out the import of the Arab's remarks more fully.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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