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and reconvene the study sessions at the yeshiva after 30 days of mourning. My son Shimon is a Sage. My son Gamliel should be the Nasi. Ḥanina bar Ḥama will sit at the head of the yeshiva.
The Talmud explains the requests of R' Yehuda HaNasi: Do not eulogize me in the small towns. They understood from this statement that he said this due to the trouble that would be caused for many if he were eulogized in every town, since they would have to travel from the outlying villages to take
R' Yehuda HaNasi further instructed: Reconvene the study sessions at the yeshiva after 30 days of mourning. This is because I am not better than Moses, our teacher, as it is written: “And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab 30 days” (Deuteronomy 34:8), which means that for 30
The Talmud relates that on the day of the funeral of R' Yehuda HaNasi, a bat kol emerged and said: Whoever was present at the funeral of R' Yehuda HaNasi is destined for life in the World-to-Come. There was a certain launderer who would come before R' Yehuda HaNasi every day. On that particular day
§ R' Yehuda HaNasi said: My son Shimon is a Sage; my son Gamliel should be the Nasi. What was he saying, i.e., what did he mean by these remarks? The Talmud explains: This is what he was saying: Although my son Shimon is a greater Sage, my son Gamliel should be the Nasi.