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Rabbi Abba said to them: If one's single kav of wheat became mingled with ten kav of another's wheat, shall the latter eat all eleven kav and rejoice? One does not allow his property to become nullified into someone else's property. The same applies to water and salt in dough.
The Sages laughed at him. He said to them: Did I take your cloaks from you that you are putting me to shame?
They again laughed at him.
This interaction is particularly interesting because the Gemara begins the story with a description of the prayer recited by Rabbi Abba upon embarking on his trip from Babylonia to Israel, in which he expressed his hope that his thoughts and ideas would be accepted by the scholars of Israel.
We examine the banter humor and insults between the Israeli and Bavli Amora'im