Commentary for Bava Metzia 100:2
מי סברת פחות משליש לרבי טרפון כפחות משתות לרבנן דמי לא משתות ועד שליש לרבי טרפון כשתות עצמה לרבנן דמי אי הכי במאי שמחו מעיקרא
If so, whereat did they rejoice [in the first place]? Hence you may deduce that in the view of the Rabbis, in a case of annulment of the sale, one can always withdraw; they thus rejoiced when R. Tarfon told them that it [an overcharge up to a third] constitutes overreaching.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whereas on the ruling of the Rabbis, if it is more than one-sixth, the transaction is altogether cancelled. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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