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1) [line 1] SHE'MEIMEIHEM ANU SHOSIM - whose water we drink (i.e. who Torah teachings we live by)

2) [line 5] "HA'OYEIV TAMU, CHARAVOS LA'NETZACH" - "The enemy is destroyed, but the destruction [he wrought] is everlasting." (Tehilim 9:7)

3) [line 6] D'AHANU MA'ASAIHU - their deed were effective
4) [line 10] D'ANVESANA HU - who was a very humble person
5) [line 10] "AMAR REBBI MEIR" LO AMAR - he (Rebbi) did not say, "Rebbi Meir said" (when he quoted a teaching in the name of Rebbi Meir)

6) [line 11] SINAI ADIF - a person with such an encyclopedic knowledge of Torah that it is as if he received it from Mount Sinai, is preferable

7) [line 11] OKER HARIM ADIF - a person with such a profound reasoning ability that it is as if he is able to uproot mountains with this power, is preferable

8) [line 13] MAREI CHITAYA - one who possesses wheat; i.e. a person who knows many Mishnayos and Beraisos

9) [line 13] MALACH RABAH - Rabah was appointed as the head of the Yeshiva
10) [line 14] AFILU UMNA L'VEISEI LO CHALIF - not even a blood-letter passed by his house (see Insights)

11) [line 15] V'HAVU TZERICHI REISHA - and they needed [to appoint someone as] a head of the Yeshiva

12) [line 15] KOL D'AMAR MILSA V'LO MAFRICH - whoever says something that is not refuted

13) [line 16] D'GAVAH REISHA - his (Abaye's) head was elevated (as a sign from heaven that he was destined to become the head of the Yeshiva)

14) [line 17] CHARIF U'MAKSHEH - sharply analytical and questioning, arriving at conclusive answers through his sharp scrutiny and questions

15) [line 17] MASUN U'MASIK - deliberate and methodical, arriving at conclusions based on his careful examinations

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