Quotation for Shabbat 42:9

אמר רבא צריך נר אחרת להשתמש לאורה ואי איכא מדורה לא צריך ואי אדם חשוב הוא אע"ג דאיכא מדורה צריך נר אחרת:

Rabbah b. Bar Hana said: There were two old men<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Heb. zaken, pl. zekenim, frequently means learned men, without particular reference to age (Kid. 32b), and may connote this here. ');">¹⁶</span> in Sidon:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the coast of Phoenicia. ');">¹⁷</span>

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