Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Berakhot 34:7

למימרא דרבן שמעון בן גמליאל חייש ליוהרא ורבנן לא חיישי ליוהרא והא איפכא שמעינן להו דתנן מקום שנהגו לעשות מלאכה בתשעה באב עושין מקום שנהגו שלא לעשות אין עושין וכל מקום תלמידי חכמים בטלים רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר לעולם יעשה כל אדם את עצמו כתלמיד חכם

It is to be inferred that Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel is concerned lest a charge of presumption [be brought against a bridegroom who reads the Shema' on the first night of his marriage and therefore forbids it], whereas the Rabbis have no such concern [and permit it]. But we understood just the opposite of them ! For there is a Mishnaic teaching : In a place where they are accustomed to work on the ninth of Ab, we may work ; but in a place where they are not accustomed to work, we may not. Disciples of the wise must cease work in every place. Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel says : Everyone should regard himself as a disciple of the wise.

Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot

Ab is the fifth month of the year. On the 9th of this month, both Temples were destroyed and the day is observed as a solemn fast.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot

In this matter and cease work. Consequently Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel's teaching here contradicts his teaching in our Mishnah.
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