Praise at his Ordination, like for a bride: Ketuvot 17a
Fed the kindling into the fire for Shabbat-cooking, himself: Shabbat 119a
His father's household's couches and candelabras: Shabbat 121b-122a
Explaining to his students how he had earned a long life: Megillah 28a
R' Zeira refused honors from the Leadership of the Jews: Megillah 28a
Going out of his way to avoid travelling where people would have to rise out of respect: Kiddushin 33a
When R' Zeira was too tired to learn, he would sit outside Rav Yehudah bar Ami's door, to get reward for standing and honoring Torah scholars as they entered and exited: Eruvin 28b
R' Zeira eulogized a student in the Synagogue, saying people would come for his own respect or for the student's: Megillah 28b
The eulogy for R' Zeira: Megillah 6a; Moed Katan 25b
R' Zeira's leadership at a time when the Jews needed to fast but were prohibited by the government from doing so: Taanit 8b
R' Zeira merged the properties in the town of R' Chiyya's study hall, to permit transport between the properties on Shabbat, relying on certain information he had received from the town elders regarding the way Rav Chiyya bar Asi had done it. Abayye challenged him based on other data, and R' Zeira conceded, 'I didn't know that.': Eruvin 59b
R' Zeira credited the clarity of his learning to the fact that it was done during the day: Eruvin 65a
Personal Practices
Adding a Prayer to the end of the Amidah, for Gd to help us keep from sinning: Berachot 16b
Cut both loaves used at the Shabbat meal: Shabbat 117b
His behavior at a wedding: Ketuvot 17a
Looked for pairs of students learning on Shabbat, to tell them to go Enjoy Shabbat: Shabbat 119a-b
Fulfilled linking prayers of Redemption to the Amidah, and yet was harmed: Berachot 9b
Having his servant blow the horn for him for Rosh HaShanah, and telling him specifically to have intent to include him in the Mitzvah: Rosh HaShanah 28b-29a, 33b
R' Zeira refused to rule on cases involving menstrual blood, citing the point that he wasn't even expert in distinguishing types of Babylonian currency, let alone blood: Niddah 20b
R' Zeira's advice when asked what to do about a Gentile armorer who lived in the neighborhood and wouldn't rent out his share of the area (which would have allowed the Jews to merge their ownerships for the sake of permitting transportation back and forth on Shabbat): Eruvin 80a
R' Zeira citing Reish Lakish citing a "Gavrah Rabbah [Great Man]" - R' Chanina: Eruvin 80a
Bathing, and having nine kav-measures of water poured over him for purification purposes: Berachot 22a
R' Zeira was pleased about one lesson he learned in the Yeshiva of Rav Hemnuna, about sneezing during prayer, more than all the other lessons he learned there: Berachot 24b
Set of Statements
Set of Statements which were sometimes attributed to R' Zeira, sometimes to R' Chanina bar Pappa: Succah 46a
Laws which R' Zeira explained when he arrived after a voyage at sea: Eruvin 12a
Anecdotes involving other Sages
R' Zeira telling his son Ahavah to go teach something to the people: Eruvin 96b; Rosh HaShanah 30b
R' Zeira told his son, Ahavah, to teach a lesson in his name. Rava said, "Just because Ahavah bereih deR' Zeira says something, he is providing them with rings [alternatively, pearls]? Rather,...": Eruvin 96b-97a
R' Chiyya bar Abba responding to a question of R' Zeira with a sharp insult, 'Tarda!': Zevachim 25b
R' Zeira as the "friend" of R' Abba bar Chiyya, or of R' Abba Beraih DeR' Chiyya bar Abba: Moed Katan 22a Rabbah and R' Yosef asking him to ask Ulla questions for them: Pesachim 37b
Rabbah drank on Purim until he rose and killed R' Zeira. The next day, he prayed and resuscitated him. R' Zeira refused an invitation for the next Purim, saying that one cannot always have a miracle: Megillah 7b
R' Zeira suggested to R' Asi, who agreed, that R' Asi had not presented an answer because his speed in learning had led him to omit it: Shabbat 130b
R' Yochanan called R' Zeira and R' Shemuel B"R Yitzchak "Two Leaders of the Generation": Gittin 23b
Asked R' Avahu, "Is this teaching ugly to you [that you don't rely on it]?": Kiddushin 9b
R' Avahu was silent for a moment, for which the verse is quoted, "He was taken aback for a moment," from R' Zeira's question: Succah 44a
R' Zeira said of a statement which R' Chanina had disproved, "We had this item in our hands, and R' Chanina came and threw a hatchet into it!": Rosh HaShanah 13a
R' Zeira said of a statement which R' Yirmiyah had disproved, "We had this item in our hands, and R' Yirmiyah came and threw a hatchet into it!": Succah 12a
R' Yirmiyah asking R' Zeira to come learn, and R' Zeira replying that he was too ill: Taanit 7a
R' Elazar expressed amazement at an opinion. R' Zeira asked what his problem was. Rav Sheshet asked, "A great man like R' Zeira doesn't know what was bothering R' Elazar?!" Rav Sheshet then explained it: Eruvin 66a
R' Zeira exclaimed, regarding statements of Rav Yehudah citing Rav and Rav Chiyya bar Ashi citing Rav, "How accurate are the teachings of these elders!": Eruvin 12b
Rav Asi, or possibly R' Zeira, challenging R' Asi and causing him to be "Silenced for about an hour": Kiddushin 39a
Rava Responded to a statement of R' Zeira, "Who is this, that he isn't concerned with the flour [that he is grinding and producing impurities with]?": Succah 54a
R' Zeira asking R' Yaakov to investigate an event by questioning Rav Yaakov bar Idi on arrival in Tzur: Eruvin 80a
R' Zeira identifying R' Yaakov as "son of the daughter of Yaakov" [because his father behaved improperly - Rashi]: Eruvin 80a
