Talmud for Chagigah 28:7

איני והתניא ר' יוסי בר' יהודה אומר שלשה הרצאות הן ר' יהושע הרצה דברים לפני רבן יוחנן בן זכאי ר"ע הרצה לפני ר' יהושע חנניא בן חכינאי הרצה לפני ר"ע ואילו ר"א בן ערך לא קא חשיב דארצי וארצו קמיה קחשיב דארצי ולא ארצו קמיה לא קא חשיב והא חנניא בן חכינאי דלא ארצו קמיה וקא חשיב דארצי מיהא קמיה מאן דארצי.

Is this really so? But isn't it taught, "Rabbi Yose the son of Rabbi Yehudah says: 'There were three lectures [of Ma'aseh Merkavah]. Rabbi Yehoshua lectured on these things before Rabban Yochanan the son of Zakkai; Rabbi Akiva lectured before Rabbi Yehoshua; Chananiah the son of Chachinai lectured before Rabbi Akiva.'" And Rabbi Elazar the son of Arach wasn't taken into account? Someone who lectured and was lectured before is taken into account; [someone] who lectured, but they did not lecture before him, is not taken into account. But Chananiah the son of Chachinai, who they did not lecture before, is taken into account? His lecture, still, was before someone who lectured.

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