Musar for Shabbat 19:6

עד מתי יושבין בדין אמר רב ששת עד זמן סעודה אמר רב חמא מאי קרא דכתיב (קהלת י, טז) אי לך ארץ שמלכך נער ושריך בבקר יאכלו אשריך ארץ שמלכך בן חורים ושריך בעת יאכלו בגבורה ולא בשתי בגבורה של תורה ולא בשתייה של יין

every now and then they knocked at the side of the door and announced: If anyone has a lawsuit, let him enter and come. R. Hisda and Rabbah son of R. Huna were sitting all day [engaged] in judgments, and their hearts grew faint,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: they grieved at not being able to study. Or literally, because they had not eaten all day. ');">¹⁴</span> [whereat] R. Hiyya b. Rab of Difti<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A town probably to be identified with Dibtha, in the vicinity of Wasit on the Tigris; Obermeyer, p. 197. ');">¹⁵</span> recited to them, and the people stood about Moses from the morning into the evening;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XVIII, 13. ');">¹⁶</span>

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