פירוש על ברכות 34:3

"From Mount Horeb" should probably be omitted, being a reminiscence of Abot vi. 2 (Singer, p. 205). Cf. Bacher, A.B.A. p. 11 n. 58.

I.e. Hannina b. Dosa who was renowned as an ascetic and thaumaturgist. See fol. 33 a, 34 b, pp. 219, 230, 232.

The carob-tree or locust was the food of the poorest and of ascetics (cf. Matt. iii. 4), and despised by the people. The Midrash declares: When the Children of Israel are obliged to eat carobs, they become repentant; Levit. Rab. xxxv. 6.