Musar for Bava Batra 23:15

אמר אביי תדע דאמר גברא רבה מילתא ומתאמרא משמיה דגברא רבה אחרינא כוותיה אמר רבא ומאי קושיא ודילמא תרוייהו בני חד מזלא נינהו אלא אמר רבא תדע דאמר גברא רבה מילתא ומתאמרא

What is the rule in Babylon? Raba b. Kisna said: Three rows each with twelve vines, enough for a man to hoe round in one day. R. Abdimi from Haifa said: Since the day when the Temple was destroyed, prophecy has been taken from the prophets and given to the wise. Is then a wise man not also a prophet?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., were not wise men prophets also before the Temple was destroyed? ');">¹²</span> — What he meant was this: Although it has been taken from the prophets, it has not been taken from the wise. Amemar said: A wise man is even superior to a prophet, as it says, And a prophet has a heart of wisdom.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XC, 12. The word [H] in the text (E.V. 'that we nay get us') is taken here in the sense of 'prophet'. ');">¹³</span> Who is compared with whom? Is not the smaller compared with the greater?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And here the prophet is compared with the wise man. ');">¹⁴</span> Abaye said: The proof [that prophecy has not been taken from the wise] is that a great man makes a statement, and the same is then reported in the name of another great man.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The first having hit upon the same idea quite independently. ');">¹⁵</span> Said Raba: What is there strange in this? Perhaps both were born under one star.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And this was why they hit on the same idea. ');">¹⁶</span> No, said Raba; the proof is this, that a great man makes a statement and then the same is reported

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