Moed Katan 25B

כי מטו אגישרא, קמו גמלי. אמר להו ההוא טייעא: מאי האי? אמרו ליה: רבנן דקא עבדי יקרא אהדדי. מר אמר: מר ניעול ברישא, ומר אמר: מר ניעול ברישא. אמר: דינא הוא דרבה בר הונא ליעול ברישא. חליף גמליה דרבה בר הונא, נתור ככיה ושניה דההוא טייעא.

When they reached a bridge that could be crossed only in single file, the camels carrying the two rabbis stood in their places and would not cross the bridge. A certain Arab [Tayya’a] who witnessed what was happening said to them: What is this phenomenon that the camels have stopped moving? They said to him: The deceased rabbis are showing honor to each other. It is as if one Sage is saying: The Master should go and cross the bridge first, while at the same time the other Sage is saying: The Master should go and cross first. The Arab said: By law Rabba bar Huna should go first, since he is the son of a great man, and the camel carrying Rabba bar Huna then passed first. Shortly after that, the molars and other teeth of that Arab fell out due to the disrespect he showed Rav Hamnuna.

פתח עליה ההוא ינוקא: גזע ישישים עלה מבבל, ועמו ספר מלחמות, קאת וקפוד הוכפלו, לראות בשוד ושבר הבא משנער. קצף על עולמו וחמס ממנו נפשות, ושמח בהם ככלה חדשה. רוכב ערבות שש ושמח, בבא אליו נפש נקי וצדיק.

When they reached Tiberias a certain child opened his eulogy saying as follows: The shoot of an ancient line, i.e., Rabba bar Rav Huna, who was the descendant of great people, has ascended from Babylonia, and with him is the book of wars, i.e., Rav Hamnuna, who was great in Torah, which is referred to as the book of the Wars of YHWH (Numbers 21:14). The curses of the pelican and the bittern, which are symbols of the destruction of the Temple (Isaiah 34:11), have been doubled, to see the ruin and brokenness that has come from Shinar, i.e., Babylonia. YHWH became angry with His world and seized souls from it, and He rejoices over them when they come to Him like a new bride. God who rides upon the clouds is joyous and happy when an innocent and righteous soul comes to Him.