Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 105:16

אמר לה טובתי בל עליך איני מחזיק טובה אלא לאברהם יצחק ויעקב שהודיעוני תחלה בעולם שנאמר (תהלים טז, ג) לקדושים אשר בארץ המה ואדירי כל חפצי בם

The Rabbis said to R'Perida, R'Ezra, the grandson of R'Abtolos, who is the tenth generation from R'Eleazar B''Azariah, who is the tenth generation from Ezra, is standing at the door' - Said he to them, 'Why all this [pedigree]? If he is a learned man, it is well; if he is a learned man and also a scion of noble ancest it is all the better; but if he is a scion of noble ancestors and not a learned man may fire consume him'.

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