Is Father Alive? Rav Tells Rabbi Chiya
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.
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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.
Porters break Rabbah bar bar Chanah's wine barrels and he takes their cloaks, but Rav tells him to return them and even pay their wages, beyond the letter of the law.
Porters break Rabbah bar bar Chanah’s barrels of wine. Rav tells him to forgo his claim and, because the workers are poor, to pay them their wages too.
Rav's wife always cooks the opposite of what he asks, so their son Chiya reverses the requests, until Rav learns of it and warns him against lying.
An animal with a partly cut windpipe comes before Rav, who leaves it undecided; Rabba bar bar Channa then rules it kosher and even buys its meat.