Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 21:9

ועל יהודה בן בבא בקשו לומר כן אלא שנטרפה שעה שאין מספידין על הרוגי מלכות

house at Jericho, a Bath-kol was heard from Heaven, saying: 'There is one amongst you who is worthy that the <i>Shechinah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Divine presence. v. Glos. ');">¹⁶</span> should rest on him as it did on Moses, but his generation does not merit it.' The Sages present set their eyes on Hillel the Elder. And when he died, they lamented and said: 'Alas, the pious man, the humble man, the disciple of Ezra [is no more].'

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