Commentary for Avodah Zarah 115:4

שמעתתא דההוא עובדא דהוה בנהרדעא ואסר שמואל בטבריא ואסר רבי יוחנן ואמרי ליה לפי שאינן בני תורה ואמר לי טבריא ונהרדעא אינן בני תורה דמחוזא בני תורה

Traditions: It happened in Nehardea and Shmuel prohibited it. In Tiberias and R. Yohanan prohibited it; and when I said to him that [they ruled strictly because the inhabitants of those towns] were not students of Torah, he responded, "[The inhabitants of] Tiberias and Nehardea are not students of Torah and those of Mehoza are students of Torah!

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