699 | Met Mitzvah, An Unidentified Corpse New York 93 , p . 25 . And it is frequently found in the Rishonim and Aharonim . 2 …There are a good many variations between the versions, some of which will be noted in the following comments . This was the beginning of my serving before the Sages The notion of shimmush ( talmidei ) hachamim, serving in attendance upon scholars, has been discussed by a number of scholars . 3 This particular passage has been discussed in some detail by D . Zlotnick, in his The Tractate “Mourning,” pp . 20 - 22 . Zlotnick ( ibid . , p . 22 n . writes : “It was felt that a student could best learn the practical ) 06 application of law by observing his master in his daily routine, at prayers, at meals, even in the privy ( BTBerachot 62 a ) , and especially in the academy, answering questions and deciding cases, the desired result being a disciple trained to study and to teach and qualified to render proper decisions . The multiplicity of divisive Tannaitic opinion...
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