Commentary for Avodah Zarah 30:12
וכי תימא כותי לא עביד תשובה ישראל עביד תשובה והאמר רב נחמן אמר רבה בר אבוה כדרך שאמרו אסור למכור לעובד כוכבים כך אסור למכור לישראל החשוד למכור לעובד כוכבים רהיט בתריה תלתא פרסי וא"ד פרסא בחלא ולא אדרכיה
And if you think to say that whereas a Samaritan will not repent an Israelite will repent? But has R. Nahman not said in the name of Rabbah b. Abbuha: Just as it was said that it is forbidden to sell to an idolater, so is it forbidden to sell to a Jew who is suspected of selling it to an idolater! He [Rabbah] ran three parasangs after the buyer (some say one parasang in sand) but failed to overtake him.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
You might think that a Samaritan will definitely not do teshuvah and stop selling weapons to non-Jews, but a Jew known to sell weapons (or other contraband) to non-Jews might stop doing so, and therefore it is permitted to sell weapons to non-Jews known to sell to idolaters. But there is yet another source in which R. Nahman explicitly states that any item that may not be sold to an idolater, may also not be sold to a Jew suspected of selling to an idolater. This is a clear rejection of Rabbah.
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Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
Rabbah tries very hard to get the donkey back but he failed. Poor Rabbah, but I guess he at least got some good exercise.
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