Commentary for Berakhot 37:12
ותו ליכא והא איכא דתני רב יוסף תודוס איש רומי הנהיג את בני רומי להאכילן גדיים מקולסין בלילי פסחים שלח ליה שמעון בן שטח אלמלא תודוס אתה גוזרני עליך נדוי שאתה מאכיל את ישראל קדשים בחוץ
Yes, there is; for Rab Joseph has taught : Theodosius of Rome accustomed the Jews in Rome to eat kids roasted in their entirety on the Passover night. They sent him [the message] : "If thou wert not Theodosius, I would have issued a ban against thee, for thou hast induced Israelites to eat the holy things outside [Jerusalem]."
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
M.: "There is a teaching: R. Jose said." This reading is adopted by Bacher, A. B. A. p. 103 n. 11.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
With the head, legs and entrails (cf. Exod. xii. 9). But this should be done only by the pilgrims in Jerusalem, whereas Theodosius introduced the practice into Rome.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
According to M. the subject is "the Sages." Some edd. make the subject Simeon b. Shetah : but this would be an anachronism. See A.T. ii. p. 561 n. 1.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Here, then, is another instance of arrogance against the Most High,
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