298. The donkey began to bray three times. Rabbi Pinchas dismounted and said to his friends, Let's prepare welcome the countenance OF ATIK YOMIN, MEANING THE SHECHINAH, because now a great face and a small face are coming towards us, MEANING RABBI SHIMON AND HIS DISCIPLES. Rabbi Shimon heard the braying of the donkey and said to his friends, Let us rise, because the voice of the donkey of the pious old sage has risen towards us. Rabbi Shimon rose and the friends rose.
298. שָׁארִי נָהִיק תְּלַת זִמְנִין, נָחַת ר' פִּנְחָס, אָמַר לְחַבְרַיָּיא, נִתְתָּקַן לְקַבְּלָא סְבַר אַפֵּי יוֹמִין, דְּהַשְׁתָּא יִפְּקוּן לְגַבָּן אַנְפֵּי רַבְרְבֵי וְאַנְפֵּי זוּטְרֵי. שָׁמַע ר"ש נָהִיקוּ דַּחֲמָרָא, אָמַר לְחַבְרַיָּיא, נֵיקוּם דְּהָא קָלָא דְּחַמְרָא דְּסָבָא חֲסִידָא אִתְּעַר לְגַבָּן. קָם ר' שִׁמְעוֹן וְקָמוּ חַבְרַיָּיא.