Commentary for Bava Batra 210:4

מאי קמ"ל תפוס לשון אחרון הא אמרה רב חדא זימנא דאמר רב אי הואי התם הוה יהיבנא כוליה למשכיר

a hundred <i>ma'ah</i>, [he is entitled to] a hundred <i>ma'ah</i>. [If he says], 'a hundred <i>ma'ah</i>, an istira'.[he is entitled to] an istira. What does this teach us? That the second expression is to be preferred?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'hold the last expression'. I.e., that the law is in agreement with the view of Ben Nannus. ');">⁷</span> Surely Rab has said it once! For Rab said: Had I been there<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the dispute about the bath house was brought before R. Simeon b. Gamaliel and R. Jose. ');">⁸</span>

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