Mga Sanggunian sa Talmud para sa Job 29:8: Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot & Jerusalem Talmud Shekalim

Rebbi Yoḥanan was leaning on Rebbi Jacob bar Idi when Rebbi Eleazar saw him and hid himself before him⁵³This story is inserted here to show that the obligation to greet one’s teacher was accepted in Babylonia only when the student could not hide from his teacher. Rebbi Yoḥanan also insists that all his teachings be reported in his own name; this is discussed in the next section. A psalm is quoted there to support Rebbi Yoḥanan’s position mentioning the Temple; the rôle of David in the building of the Temple is discussed in the third part of this aggadic insert.. He said, these two things the Babylonian does to me: First, that he does not greet me, and second, that he does not teach the traditions in my name. He said to him, thus they behave among themselves; Zeïra did not greet Rabba⁵⁴The names here do not seem to be correctly transmitted. Rabba belongs to the generation after Rebbi Yoḥanan and Rebbi Zeïra studied under Rav Huna and Rav Yehudah in Babylonia. Therefore, it seems that the name is Zeïri, a Babylonian who studied under Rav and them emigrated to Israel where he became famous but did not acquire any rabbinic title. The second name, therefore, is Rav. since they observe (Job 29:8) “Boys see me and hide themselves.” As they were walking, he⁵⁵Rebbi Jacob bar Idi. saw a Bet Midrash. He⁵⁵Rebbi Jacob bar Idi. said to him: Here Rebbi Meïr sat and reported traditions in the name of Rebbi Ismaël but he never reported traditions in the name of Rebbi Aqiba. He⁵⁶Rebbi Yoḥanan. answered: Everybody knows that Rebbi Meïr was the student of Rebbi Aqiba. He⁵⁵Rebbi Jacob bar Idi. retorted, everybody knows that Rebbi Eleazar is the student of Rebbi Yoḥanan. May one pass by a cursed⁵⁷The word אהדורי makes no sense. In the parallel sources in the Yerushalmi, Sheqalim 2:6, Moëd qaṭan 3:2, the word is ארורי “cursed”. statue? He⁵⁸Rebbi Yoḥanan; the person who asks is Rebbi Jacob bar Idi who already knew the answer from Rebbi Joshua ben Levi, Avodah zarah 3:8. said to him, do you want to honor it? Pass it by and blind its eyes! He⁵⁹Rebbi Jacob bar Idi points out that one avoids only important people or circumstances. One “blinds the eyes” of the idol if one passes by it without taking any notice of it and the idol sees that it is not taken seriously. said to him, Rebbi Eleazar did well that he did not pass before you. He said: Rebbi⁶⁰The title “Rebbi” is missing in the Rome ms.; this is the better reading since the teacher will not adress his student (nor his equal) by his title. Jacob bar Idi, you know how to pacify.

¹¹³As the concurrent testimony of ג and the scribe’s text show, the following text is not part of the original Halakhah. It was added by the corrector from B; both its Aramaic and the names appearing are Babylonian. A somewhat different Yerushalmi text is in Berakhot2:1 (Notes 53–67) and Mo`ed Qaṭan3:7 (83c l. 40–83d l. 8). Rebbi Joḥanan was leaning on Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba when Rebbi Eliezer<sup>114</sup>This should read: Eleazar. saw him and hid himself before him. He said, these two things the Babylonian does to me: First, that he does not greet me, and second, that he hides himself. Rebbi Jacob bar Idi said to him, thus they behave among themselves; Rebbi Ze`ira did not greet Rabba since they observe¹¹⁵Job29:8. Boys see me and hide themselves; elders rise and stand. He asked him, may one pass by a cursed statue? He said to him, do you want to honor it? Pass it by and blind its eyes! He said to him, Rebbi Eliezer¹¹⁴This should read: Eleazar. did well that he did not pass before you. The other thing the Babylonian does, that he does not mention my tradition in my name. Rebbi Immi and Rebbi Assi¹¹⁶He is R. Yasa in Yerushalmi texts. came to him. They said to him, Rabbi, so it happened that it was a synagogue of weavers, about a bolt topped by a lock¹¹⁷Mishnah Eruvin10:9. about which Rebbi Eleazar and Rebbi Yose disagreed until they tore a Torah scroll in their rage. Would you think that they tore a Torah scroll? But that a Torah scroll was torn. There was an old man there, Rebbi Yose ben Qisma, who said, I wonder whether this synagogue will not be a place of foreign worship. He came back and asked, where is the colleague? Rebbi Jacob bar Idi came and said to him, it is written¹¹⁸Jos. 11:15., all that the Eternal commanded to His servant Moses so Joshua commanded. When Joshua explained, did he mention every time “so said Moses”? No, he explained and they knew that it was Moses’s teaching. So also Eleazar sits and explains and everybody knows that it is your teaching. He said to them¹¹⁹R. Immi (Ammi) and R. Assi (Yasa)., why do you not know to pacify like our colleague Ben Idi?