פירוש על ברכות 20:23

So M. Edd, : "a holy man" ; but those words are commented upon below.

That his food did not attract flies was evidence of his being a man of God. Cf. Abot 5:8 where it is stated that one of the ten miracles wrought in the Temple was "no fly was seen in the slaughter-house" (Singer, p. 200).