Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 181:16

ואמר רב חנן בר רבא אמר רב עשר שנים נחבש אברהם אבינו שלש בכותא ושבע בקרדו ורב דימי מנהרדעא מתני איפכא אמר רב חסדא עיברא זעירא דכותא זהו אור כשדים

What does he come to teach us [by this statement]? — That even the merit of one's ancestors is of no avail<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As evidenced by the tragic end of Elimelech and his sons. ');">²⁹</span> when one leaves the land [of Palestine] for a foreign country.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] 'outside the land'. V. p. 375, n. 4. ');">³⁰</span>

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