Commentary for Beitzah 4:6

ולפלוגי בתרנגולת להודיעך כחן דבית הלל דבמוקצה אסרי וכי תימא כח דהתירא עדיף ונפלוג בתרוייהו

But [then] let them disagree about the chicken in order to show you the strength of Beit Hillel['s position] that they forbid [even] muktzeh!? And if you want to say that the strength of [the argument] of permission [needs to be] stronger [than the strength of the argument of forbidding to prove their point], let them argue about both:

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