Commentary for Bekhorot 38:20

לימא רבי ישמעאל כר' מאיר ס"ל דחייש למיעוטא

May we, therefore, not say that R'Ishmael holds according to R'Meir, who takes into consideration the minority? - You may say that he even concurs with the Rabbis, for the Rabbis go by the majority only when it is the majority which is before us, as e.g.

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