פירוש על ברכות 59:16

I.e. on the Sabbath before the Festival. He gave his Amora the gist of the discourse, and while the latter was expounding it, Rab Ashe said his prayers sitting to avoid giving the assembly the trouble of standing up, as they would have to do out of respect for him, if he stood to say the Tefillah.

Who gathered a quorum at their house.

Who said the Tefillah before the Shema'.