Jewish%20thought for Moed Katan 50:12

כי נח נפשיה דרבי זירא פתח עליה ההוא ספדנא ארץ שנער הרה וילדה ארץ צבי גידלה שעשועיה אוי נא לה אמרה רקת כי אבדה כלי חמדתה

Said R'Abba son of R'Hiyya B'Abba: What R'Ammi did, he did but on his own initiative;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., as his personal tribute to R. Johanan; but it is not to be taken as a rule to be followed generally.');">⁴¹</span> for thus said R'Hiyya B'Abba, as citing R'Johanan: 'Even for his master who had taught him Wisdom<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., Torah.');">⁴²</span> one sits but one day'. When the soul of R'Zera<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A great Babylonian sage highly esteemed for his learning, piety and noble character. Cf. supra 17a; Meg. ');">⁴³</span> went into repose the orator of that occasion opened [his address] thus: 'The land of Shinear<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Babylon.');">⁴⁴</span> was his home of birth The land of Glory<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Palestine. Cf. Dan. XI, 16, 41.');">⁴⁵</span>

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