Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Shabbat 237:3

רבי אבא זבן בתליסר אסתירי פשיטי בישרא מתליסר טבחי ומשלים להו אצינורא דדשא ואמר להו אשור הייא אשור הייא ר' אבהו הוה יתיב אתכתקא דשינא ומושיף נורא רב ענן לביש גונדא דתנא דבי רבי ישמעאל בגדים שבישל בהן קדירה לרבו אל ימזוג בהן כוס לרבו

and handed it over to them [his servants]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or, paid them. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> as soon as the door was turned<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., by the pivot of the door'.' ');"><sup>8</sup></span> and urged them, 'Make haste, Quick Make haste, Quick!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' All in honour of the Sabbath. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> R. Abbabu used to sit on an ivory stool and fan the fire. R. 'Anan used to wear an overall;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whilst attending to the cooking etc. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>

Mesilat Yesharim

Therefore the early sages occupied themselves in the preparation of the Sabbath, each sage according to his own way: "Rabbi Abahu used to sit on an ivory stool and fan the fire. Rav Safra would roast the head of an animal. Raba salted fish. Rav Huna would light the lamp. Rav Papa plaited the wicks. Rav Chisda cut beets. Rabbah and Rav Joseph chopped wood. Rav Nachman bar Isaac carried things in and out, saying: 'If Rav Ammi and Rav Assi visited me, would I not carry thus for them?'" (Shabbat 119a).
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Mesilat Yesharim

Let us return to the matter of [honoring] the Sabbath. Our sages said: "Rav Anan wore [black] overalls" (Shabbat 119a), i.e. he would wear a black garment on Friday so that the honor of the Sabbath would be more recognizable when he donned fine [Shabbat] clothing.
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