Commentary for Bava Metzia 150:9

ר' אמי ורבי אסי דאמרי תרוייהו כאילו דנו בשני דינין שנאמר (תהלים סו, יב) הרכבת אנוש לראשנו באנו באש ובמים

to Moses, our Teacher, and to his Torah, and say, 'Had Moses our Teacher known that there is profit in this thing [sc. usury], he would not have prohibited it.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'written it'. ');">¹⁶</span> When R. Dimi came,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Palestine to Babylon. ');">¹⁷</span>

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