Related%20passage for Moed Katan 44:3

ומעשה בגדול הדור אחד שמת אביו וביקש לחלוץ וביקש גדול הדור אחר שעמו לחלוץ ונמנע ולא חלץ

Said Abaye, The 'great man of the generation' referred to was Rabbi, and the [other] 'great man of the generation' that was with him was R'Jacob B'Aha [the elder]. Some say that 'the great man of the generation' was R'Jacob B'Alia and the [other] great man of the generation' that was with him was Rabbi.

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