Rabbi Chiya, Rabbi Yonasan and the Tzitzis in the Cemetery
Walking through a cemetery, Rabbi Chiya tells Rabbi Yonasan to lift his dragging tzitzis, lest the dead say the living are mocking them.
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Walking through a cemetery, Rabbi Chiya tells Rabbi Yonasan to lift his dragging tzitzis, lest the dead say the living are mocking them.
Rav arrives from Bavel and Rabbi Chiya asks after his parents; Rav's evasive answers tell him, without a lie, that his brother and sister have died.
Rabbi Yannai tithes his Shabbos fruit from afar, then dreams of "a splintered reed." Rabbi Chiya tells him the dream means he ruled according to the truth.
Reish Lakish marks the graves of the Sages but cannot find Rabbi Chiya's. A Heavenly Voice tells him he learned like Rabbi Chiya but did not spread Torah like him.
Rabbi Chiya plants flax, weaves nets, hunts deer and writes Chumashim on their hides, then teaches children who each teach the others.
Rabbi Chanina boasts he could restore a forgotten Torah by his reasoning; Rabbi Chiya answers that he ensures it is never forgotten, and Rebbe praises his deeds.
Eliyahu tells Rebbe that Rabbi Chiya and his sons could bring Moshiach. Their prayers bring wind and rain, but a fiery bear stops them before “Mechayeh Meisim.”