פירוש על ברכות 20:21

M.: Raba b, Isaac which D.S. corrects to Rabbah b. Isaac.

He can refuse the invitation without being thought proud. To offer and accept such invitations belongs to the ordinary courtesy of Oriental life. Cf. Lane, p. 296.

Why mention "for there was his house," a fact well known? Since the preceding verse speaks of his circuit, these words are taken to apply not only to Ramah but also to the places there named.

In the parallel passage, Nedarim 38 a, the teaching is ascribed to Raba.