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to a non-Jew named Avidarna on their festival day. Rav Yehuda said: I know of him that he does not worship idols, so he is not considered a non-Jew with regard to the prohibition against giving a gift to a non-Jew on their festival. Rav Yosef said to him: But isn’t it taught in a baraita: Who is a
Rav Yosef further objected: But doesn’t Rabba bar bar Ḥana say that R' Yoḥanan says: A ger toshav for whom 12 months passed without him circumcising himself is considered as a heretic of the non-Jews, and certainly this Avidarna is not circumcised. Rav Yehuda replied: There, R' Yoḥanan is referrin
The Talmud relates: Rava brought a gift to a minister named bar Sheshakh on their festival day. Rava said: I know of him that he does not worship idols. Rava went to him and found him sitting up to his neck in rose water, and naked prostitutes were standing before him. Bar Sheshakh said to him: D
While they were sitting, a certain royal officer [peristaka] came and said to bar Sheshakh: Rise, as the king requires you to appear before him. As he was going out, he said to Rava: May any eye that wishes to see evil upon you burst, as it is clear that you were correct. Rava said to him: Amen. A
Rav Pappi said: Rava should have said a response to him from this verse: “Kings’ daughters are among your favorites; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir” (Psalms 45:10), indicating that in the World-to-Come, the daughters of kings will serve the Jewish people. Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥa