Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Reference for Bava Batra 291:7

וזו הלכה העלה רבי אחא שר הבירה לפני חכמים לאושא ואמרו סבלונות העשוין ליבלות אין נגבין ושאין עשוין ליבלות נגבין שמע מינה אפילו שתה

— Come and hear what Rab Judah said in the name of Samuel: It once happened with a' certain man who had sent to the house of his father-in-law a hundred wagons of jars of wine and jars of oil, and vessels of silver and of gold and silk garments while he [himself]. in his joy. came riding. and stopped at the door of the house of his father-in-law. They brought out a cup of something warm and he drank and died. This practical question<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Halachah. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> was brought up by R. Aha. the 'Governor of the Castle',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Cf Neh. VII, 2. Here probably an hereditary title]. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> before the Sages at Usha, and they decided, 'Gifts which were intended<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'made', ');"><sup>18</sup></span>

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