Rabbi Joe in Jerusalem
But of Tziyon (Zion) it must be said: "They all were born here;" the Most High confirms this. Lord notes in the register of the peoples: "This one was born here."
--Tehillim 87:5-6
Rabbi Meisha, grandson of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Leivi, says: "The one who is born in it and the one pines to see it are equal."
Abbayei says: "One of them is worth two of us (Babylonians)."
Rava says: "But one of us who emigrates there is worth two of them."
--Talmud, Ketubot 75a
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