יח אמר רב פפא שדי גברא בינייהו או ריש לקיש הוה וזעירי או רבה בר בר חנה הוה ור"א כי אתא לקמיה דרבי יוחנן א"ל לאו היינו טעמא א"נ סליקו כולהו בימי עזרא לא הוה שריא שכינה במקדש שני דכתיב (בראשית ט, כז) יפת אלהים ליפת וישכן באהלי שם
18 What is 'sasmagor'? -R'Abba says it is the divine<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Bath Kol (v. Glos.) . Just as some part of the cedar is unaffected by the worm, surviving the ruin, so was the gift of the divine voice a remnant of God's grace, even after the destruction. V., however, Cant. Rab. VIII, 11');"><sup>24</sup></span> voice as it has been taught: After the later prophets Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi had died, the Holy Spirit<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of prophecy.');"><sup>25</sup></span> departed from Israel, but they still availed themselves of the Bath Kol.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Sot. 48b.');"><sup>26</sup></span> - But did Resh Lakish talk with Rabbah B'Bar Hana?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [In the street, v. infra.]');"><sup>27</sup></span> Even with R'Eleazar, who was the master of the land of Israel, Resh Lakish did not converse<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosaf. a.I. suggests that he would not address R. Eleazar, but would, of course, offer him the courtesy of a reply, when addressed by him; an example is cited from Zeb. 5a.');"><sup>28</sup></span> [for anyone with whom Resh Lakish conversed in the street could get merchandise without witnesses]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One would trust the honesty of a man whom Resh Lakish honoured by engaging him in public conversation.');"><sup>29</sup></span> would he engage in conversation with Rabbah B'Bar Hana? -R'Papa said: 'Throw a man between them'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Change the account by substituting one other man for one of the persons mentioned in the original account.');"><sup>30</sup></span> It was either Resh Lakish and Ze'iri or Rabbah B'Bar Hana and R'Eleazar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'If Resh Lakish was the swimmer, make Ze'iri the other man; or Rabbah b. Bar Hana offered the hand and R. Eleazar was the swimmer' (Rashi) . [Aliter: Or Rabbah b. Bar Hana (who was a Palestinian) was the swimmer, and R. Eleazar (who was a Babylonian) offered the hand, v. Hyman, Toledoth, p.3 1076.]');"><sup>31</sup></span> When he [Resh Lakish] came before R'Johanan , he said to him: This is not the reason.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Your complaint was unjustified.');"><sup>32</sup></span> Even if they had all come up in the time of Ezra, the Divine Presence would not have rested over the second Sanctuary, for it is written:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. IX, 27.');"><sup>33</sup></span> God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem, [that means],