חולין קלז:
אמר ליה מאן ריש סדרא בבבל אמר ליה אבא אריכא אמר ליה אבא אריכא קרית ליה דכירנא כד הוה יתיבנא אחר י"ז שורן אחוריה דרב קמיה דרבי ונפקי זיקוקין דנור מפומיה דרב לפומיה דרבי ומפומיה דרבי לפומיה דרב ולית אנא ידע מה הן אמרין ואת אבא אריכא קרית ליה
[Ribbi Yohanan] asked [Issi bar Hini], "Who is in charge of the limmud in Bavel?"
Issi bar Hini (who just got back from there, probably on a vacation) answered, "Abba, that tall guy!"
Ribbi Yohanan scolded him, "'Abba, that tall guy?' Did you seriously just call Rav that?? I remember sitting 17 rows behind him in shiur and watching as sparks of fire jumped from the mouth of Rav to the mouth of Ribbi, and from the mouth of Ribbi to the mouth of Rav, and I couldn't even follow! And you call him 'Abba, that tall guy?!'"
Rav and Ribbi Yohanan, along with Shemuel, were Talmidim of Ribbi Yehuda haNasi. Ribbi Yohanan stayed in Israel, and maintained the yeshiva there. Rav and Shemuel traveled to Bavel. Rav acted as the chief Rabbi, and Shemuel got a job as a physician. Each of them headed a yeshiva, and they would visit each other from time to time. The gemara tells us elsewhere about the time Rav and Shemuel got into a nasty argument over a locked bathroom and a misunderstanding, but we'll leave that for another time.
Rav and Ribbi Yohanan, along with Shemuel, were Talmidim of Ribbi Yehuda haNasi. Ribbi Yohanan stayed in Israel, and maintained the yeshiva there. Rav and Shemuel traveled to Bavel. Rav acted as the chief Rabbi, and Shemuel got a job as a physician. Each of them headed a yeshiva, and they would visit each other from time to time. The gemara tells us elsewhere about the time Rav and Shemuel got into a nasty argument over a locked bathroom and a misunderstanding, but we'll leave that for another time.
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