Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 27:8

ר' חנינא ורבי הושעיא הוה קא משתקיד רבי יוחנן למיסמכינהו לא הוה מסתייעא מילתא הוה קא מצטער טובא אמרו ליה לא נצטער מר דאנן מדבית עלי קאתינן

It is obvious, that if the ordainers are outside Palestine and those to be ordained in Palestine, [then] surely as has been said, they cannot be ordained. But what if the ordainers are in Palestine, and those to be ordained outside? — Come and hear: [It is related] of R. Johanan that he was grieved when R. Shaman b. Abba was not with them [in Palestine] to receive his ordination. [Again it is related of] R. Simeon b. Zirud and another who was with him, viz., R. Jonathan b. Akmai, or according to others [who invert the order,] R. Jonathan b. Akmai and another who was with him, viz., R. Simeon, b. Zirud,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The order is intended to show who was the principal ordainer and who was his assistant. ');">¹²</span> that the one who was with them was ordained, and the other, who was not, was not ordained.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence, a scholar outside Palestine cannot be ordained. ');">¹³</span>

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