Talmud zu Kohelet 6:2

³¹⁷Eccl. rabba 6:2. Rebbi Abba bar Cahana went to a certain place where he found Rebbi Levi installed and preaching: A man to whom God gives riches, and properties, and honor,and nothing is missing of anything he might desire, but God does not let him take possession to eat from it, for a stranger will eat from it³¹⁸Eccl. 6:2..Riches, that is Scripture. Properties, these are practices³¹⁹A code of practices in a culture of oral transmission was a very valuable property.. And honor, these are the additions³¹⁶The extra-talmudic texts; not only Tosephta collections but also Midrashim and similar compositions.. And nothing is missing of anything he might desire, these are the great Mishnah collections³²⁰Baraita collections such as underlying the later Tosephta, or Mishnah collections preceding or competing with Rebbi’s Mishnah. Eccl. rabba adds R. Aqiba’s Mishnah., such as the Mishnah of Rebbi Ḥuna³²¹No collection of Rebbi Huna is known; also he would be an Amora of a later generation, unable to collect an independent collection. In Eccl. rabba, the reference is correctly to R. Hiyya (the Elder.), the Mishnah of Rebbi Hoshaia, or the Mishnah of Bar Qappara. But God does not let him take possession to eat from it, that is the master of Aggadah who neither prohibits nor permits, neither declares impure nor pure. For a stranger will eat from it, that is the master of Talmud³²²Who has to master all the preceding topics and has the right to decide between forbidden and permitted acts.. Rebbi Abba bar Cahana got up and kissed him on his head, saying, just as you were worthy to preach this standing, may you be worthy preaching this sitting³²³R. Levi, who became the foremost preacher of his time, at this moment was rabbi of a small congregation who delivered his sermons in person standing in front of his congregation. R. Abba blessed him that he should become the head of a school who would deliver the concept of his speech to an Amora, a professional speaker, who would elaborate on the topics given to him by the head who remained seated..