Jewish%20thought for Bava Batra 43:14

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> וקמא היכי סמיך אמר רב יהודה הכי קאמר

Raba said: It is through me that he has been punished, because when he went to the butcher's to buy meat he used to say to the butchers, 'Serve me before the servant of Raba, because I am above him.' R. Nahman b. Isaac said: It is through me that he has been punished. How was this? R. Nahman b. Isaac was the regular preacher [on Sabbaths]. Every time before he went to give his discourse,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. kallah, v. Glos. ');">¹⁰</span> he used to run over it with R. Adda b. Abba; and only then would he attend the Kallah. One day R. Papa and R. Huna the son of R. Joshua got hold of R. Adda b. Abba because they had not been present at the concluding discourse [of Raba on the tractate Bekhoroth],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to another interpretation given by Rashi: 'Because they had not been present at the meeting when R. Nahman was appointed the official preacher.' ');">¹¹</span> and said to him: Tell us how Raba discussed the law of the 'Tithing of cattle.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Name of the last chapter of Tractate Bekhoroth. ');">¹²</span> He then gave them a full account of Raba's discourse.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'He said to them: Thus said Raba and thus said Raba.' ');">¹³</span> Meanwhile dusk had set in and R. Nahman b. Isaac was still waiting for R. Adda b. Abba. The Rabbis said to him: Come, for it is late; why do you still sit, Sir? He said: I am waiting for the bier of R. Adda b. Abba. Soon after the report came that R. Adda b. Abba was dead. The most likely opinion is that R. Nahman b. Isaac was the cause of his punishment.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to Tosaf., each of these Rabbis lamented the fact that through him punishment had befallen R. Adda b. Abba, because of the dictum (Shab. 249). 'Whoever is the cause of punishment befalling his fellow man is not permitted within the inner circle of the Holy One, blessed be He.' ');">¹⁴</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF A MAN HAS A WALL RUNNING ALONGSIDE HIS NEIGHBOUR'S WALL, HE SHOULD NOT BRING ANOTHER WALL ALONGSIDE UNLESS HE KEEPS IT [AT LEAST] FOUR CUBITS AWAY.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The meaning of this is discussed in the Gemara which follows. ');">¹⁵</span> IF THERE ARE WINDOWS [IN THE NEIGHBOUR'S WALL]. HE MUST LEAVE A CLEAR SPACE OF FOUR CUBITS WHETHER ABOVE OR BELOW OR OPPOSITE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reason is given in the Gemara, infra. ');">¹⁶</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. [HE SHOULD NOT BRING ANOTHER WALL etc.] How came the first wall to be close up?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The point of this question apparently is that the first wall also ought to have been four cubits away. ');">¹⁷</span> — Rab Judah said: The Mishnah must be understood as follows:

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