Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 149:17
אמר רבי חמא (בר) חנינא עשר חופות עשה הקדוש ברוך הוא לאדם הראשון בגן עדן שנאמר (יחזקאל כח, יג) בעדן גן אלהים היית כל אבן יקרה וגו' מר זוטרא אמר אחת עשרה שנאמר כל אבן יקרה אמר רבי יוחנן וגרוע שבכולן זהב דקא חשיב ליה לבסוף
in cutting precious stones and pearls which were thirty [cubits] by thirty and on which were engravings of ten [cubits] by twenty. He said unto them: 'For whom are these?' They replied that the Holy One, blessed be He, would in time to come set them up in the gates of Jerusalem. [When] he came [again] before R. Johanan he said unto him: 'Expound, O my master; it is becoming for you to expound; as you said, so have I seen.' He replied unto him: 'Raca, had you not seen, would not you have believed? You are [then] sneering at the words of the Sages!' He set his eyes on him and [the student] turned into a heap of bones.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Ber. 58a, Shab. 34a, Sanh. 100a. ');"><sup>33</sup></span> An objection was raised: <i>And I will lead you komamiyuth</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXVI, 13. Heb. [H] lit., upright. Here taken as the dual of [H] height. ');"><sup>34</sup></span>
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