Quoting%20commentary for Moed Katan 32:8

והא כתיב (ישעיהו מח, טז) לא מראש בסתר דברתי ההוא ביומי דכלה

[you see] the disability of their 'reproof' [in Palestine] lasts thirty days! - The 'reproof' of a Nasi is different. And our 'reproof', how long [is its disability]? - One day [only], as in the case of Samuel and Mar 'Ukba.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Mar' is a Babylonian title of rank and is sometimes also borne by Samuel, but mostly by the members of the Exilarch's family. Samuel was the principal of the Academy at Nehardea and the Chief justice, while Mar 'Ukba was both a disciple of Samuel and Exilarch, the supreme civil Head of the Jewish community invested with authority by the persian king. This Mar 'Ukba is probably the same as Nathan 'Ukban who succeeded his father 'Anan or Huna as Exilarch shortly before the rise of the Neo-Persian rule of the Sassanids (c. 226 C.E.) . V. W. Bacher, Jew. Encyc. Vol. V, ');">¹³</span> When they were sitting together [at the College] engaging in the revision of some theme, Mar 'Ukba sat before him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., in his presence, probably sitting at his right.');">¹⁴</span>

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