Kesubos 106a

כתובות ק״ו ע״א

Ketubot 106a

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Topic

רב ענן and אליהו, רב יוסף's refusal to pray, the shrinking yeshivos, and Temple workers paid from תרומת הלשכה

Overview

The amud finishes the story of רב ענן. רב נחמן thought a man was רב ענן's relative and decided that כבוד תורה comes first. So he judged that man's case before a case about orphans. The other side was too intimidated to argue, and justice was bent. Because of this, אליהו stopped visiting רב ענן. רב ענן fasted and prayed until אליהו came back, but now אליהו frightened him, so רב ענן sat in a box until the teaching was finished. This is why there is a סדר אליהו רבה and a סדר אליהו זוטא. Next, רב יוסף refuses to pray during a time of divine anger. He reasons with a קל וחומר from אלישע, and the גמרא proves from a פסוק that 2,200 students stayed with אלישע. It then lists how many students stayed behind at later yeshivos, a number that kept getting smaller. The גמרא then returns to the list of people paid from תרומת הלשכה, including the inspectors of blemishes, teachers of the כהנים, proofreaders of scrolls and curtain weavers. רב נחמן says the curtain weavers were paid from בדק הבית, and the גמרא defends him from a ברייתא by explaining that it refers to the curtains of the gates. A ברייתא and אבא שאול disagree about who paid the women who raised children for the פרה אדומה. The amud ends as רב הונא begins a question to רב, which continues on the next amud.

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The steps (29)

1. Statementרב נחמן decides that honoring Torah comes first
2. StatementThe other side is too intimidated to argue
3. Statementאליהו stops visiting רב ענן
4. Statementרב ענן prays and אליהו returns, but frighteningly
5. Statementרב ענן sits in a box until אליהו finishes teaching
6. ConclusionWhy there are two books: סדר אליהו רבה and סדר אליהו זוטא
7. QuestionThe רבנן ask רב יוסף to pray during divine anger
8. Responseרב יוסף refuses, learning from אלישע
9. QuestionHow do we know 2,200 students stayed with אלישע?
10. ResponseThe פסוק about setting food before a hundred men
11. QuestionWhat does 'before a hundred men' mean?
12. RejectionIt cannot mean all the food was for only a hundred men
13. ResponseEach portion was for a hundred men
14. StatementHow many stayed behind at the yeshivos of רב and רב הונא
15. StatementThe huge crowds at רב הונא's yeshiva
16. Statement400 'orphans' at the yeshiva of רבה and רב יוסף
17. Statement200 'orphans of orphans' at the yeshiva of אביי
18. StatementInspectors of blemishes were paid from Temple funds
19. StatementTeachers of שחיטה to כהנים were paid from Temple funds
20. StatementTeachers of the laws of the handful are paid from the Temple fund
21. StatementProofreaders of scrolls in ירושלים are paid from the Temple fund
22. StatementWomen who weave the curtains are paid from the Temple fund
23. Statementרב נחמן says the curtain weavers are paid from the building fund
24. ChallengeA ברייתא says the curtain weavers were paid from the Temple fund
25. ResolutionThe ברייתא means the curtains of the gates
26. Proofרב's list of thirteen curtains in the מקדש שני
27. StatementWomen raising children for the פרה אדומה were paid from the Temple fund
28. Statementאבא שאול says wealthy women of ירושלים supported them
29. Questionרב הונא begins to ask רב a question