Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 227:9

ר' שמעון ב"ל אמר אלו כלים האוליירין הבאין ממדינת הים למימרא דחיורי נינהו והאמר להו רבי ינאי לבניו בני אל תקברוני לא בכלים לבנים ולא בכלים שחורים לבנים שמא לא אזכה ואהיה כחתן בין אבלים שחורים שמא אזכה ואהיה כאבל בין חתנים אלא בכלים האוליירין הבאין ממדינת הים אלמא סומקי נינהו לא קשיא הא בגלימי הא בלבושי:

R. Johanan also said: Who is a scholar? He who is asked a <i>halachah</i> in any place and can state it, In respect of what practical matter? — To appoint him a Ieader of the community: if [he is well versed only] in one Tractate, [he can be appointed] in his own town; if in the whole [field of] learning,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jast. the Mishnah, [Kaplan, J. op. cit. p. 250 understands this as a technical term denoting the summary embodying conclusions arrived at in schools as a result of the discussions based on the Mishnah] ');">²³</span> [he can be appointed] as the head of an academy.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It may be observed that it is automatically assumed that the leader of a community must be a scholar for Jewry sought to promote an aristocracy of learning, not of birth. Cf. Halevi, Doroth, I, 3, pp. 640 seq. ');">²⁴</span> R. Simeon b Lakish said: This means<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Resh Lakish gives his definition of the garments of 'banna'im'. ');">²⁵</span>

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