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directly next to his rabbi, presumptuously indicating that he is his rabbi’s equal, and behind his rabbi as it creates the impression that he is bowing to him (Tosafot)?
And it was taught in a baraita, in a more extreme manner, as R' Eliezer says: One who prays behind his rabbi and one who greets his rabbi without waiting for his rabbi to greet him first, one who returns his rabbi’s greeting without saying: Greetings to you, rabbi, one who rivals his rabbi’s yeshiva
With regard to R' Yirmeya’s conduct, the Talmud explains that R' Yirmeya bar Abba is different, as he was not a mere student of Rav. Rather, he was a disciple-colleague and was, therefore, permitted to act that way. And that is why on one occasion, when Rav prayed the Shabbat prayer early, R' Yirme
Although Rav replied that he distanced himself from labor, did he indeed need to distance himself from labor? Didn’t R' Avin say: Once R' Yehuda HaNasi prayed the Shabbat prayer on Friday before nightfall. He then entered the bathhouse and emerged and taught us our chapters that we had learned, and
The Talmud asks: Is that so, that he was required to refrain from labor? Didn’t Abaye permit Rav Dimi bar Liva’ei to fumigate baskets with sulfur even though he had already recited the Shabbat prayer, indicating that it is permitted to perform labor even after the Shabbat prayer?