English: Rava said to Rabbah bar Mari: from where is the saying “wine to its owner and credit to the pourer”? He said to him: as it is written “and you shall lay your hand upon him,” and it is written “and Yehoshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moshe had laid his hands upon him.”
Type of Learning
Popular proverb grounded in semichah.
What Is Learned
The student’s achievement is credited alongside the teacher’s gift of authority.