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so too, the words of Torah, which are “the work of the hands of an artist,” i.e., God, must remain hidden in the study hall.
Despite R' Yehuda HaNasi’s decree, R' Ḥiyya went out and taught his two nephews, Rav and Rabba bar bar Ḥana, in the marketplace. R' Yehuda HaNasi heard what he had done and became angry with him. When R' Ḥiyya came at some later date to visit him, R' Yehuda HaNasi mockingly said to him: Iyya, who i
On the 30th day, R' Yehuda HaNasi sent him a message, saying: Come and visit me. However, he later reversed his opinion and sent him another message, telling him not to come.
The Talmud asks: At the outset what did he hold, and ultimately what did he hold? Initially, R' Yehuda HaNasi held that the legal status of part of the day is like that of an entire day, and since the 30th day already begun, R' Ḥiyya’s time of admonition had ended. But ultimately he held that with
In the end R' Ḥiyya came on that same day. R' Yehuda HaNasi asked him: Why have you come? R' Ḥiyya responded: Because you, Master, sent me a message that I should come. He said to him: But I sent you a second message that you should not come. He responded: This messenger that you sent, i.e., the f