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כי הא (דרבה) בר חמא כי הוו קיימי מקמיה דרב חסדא מרהטי בגמרא בהדי הדדי, והדר מעייני בסברא.
As in that situation involving Rava and Rami bar Ḥama, when they would stand before Rav Ḥisda, after he taught them a halakha they would quickly review the tradition that they heard from him together and only then analyze the rationale of the tradition that they had received. Apparently, in the study of Mishnah and the amoraic commentary on the Mishnah there is a distinction between extensive and intensive study.
אמר רבא: מאני משתיא — במטללתא, מאני מיכלא — בר ממטללתא. חצבא ושחיל — בר ממטללתא, ושרגא — במטללתא. ואמרי לה: בר ממטללתא. ולא פליגי: הא — בסוכה גדולה, הא — בסוכה קטנה.
With regard to residence in the sukka, Rava said: Drinking vessels such as cups, which are usually clean, remain in the sukka. Eating vessels are taken out of the sukka after use. An earthenware jug and a wicker basket [shaḥil ] that are used for drawing water are taken outside the sukka. And a lamp remains inside the sukka, and some say it is taken outside the sukka. The Talmud comments: And they do not disagree. Rather, this opinion, that a lamp remains inside the sukka, is referring to a large sukka, where the lamp and its odor do not disturb those residing in the sukka. And that opinion, that the lamp is taken outside the sukka, is referring to a small sukka, where the lamp’s odor is offensive.
ירדו גשמים. תנא: משתסרח המקפה של גריסין.
§ The Mishnah stated: If rain fell, it is permitted to leave the sukka from the point that it is raining so hard that the congealed dish will spoil. It was taught in the Tosefta: The measure is from when a congealed dish of pounded grain, a dish ruined by even slight rainfall, will spoil.