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The passage discusses Rabbi Elazar ben Arakh, a great Torah scholar who once traveled to Phrygia and Deyomset and became distracted from his Torah study. When he returned, he struggled to read from the Torah due to having forgotten much of his learning. The Gemara relates this as a warning about the dangers of pursuing pleasure over Torah study. It also connects this story to a midrash stating that the wine of Phrygia and waters of Deyomset contributed to the loss of the ten tribes of Israel, who prioritize
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- Julian Ungar-Sargon
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