Commentary for Ketubot 210:11

ר' ישמעאל בר' יוסי הוה רגיל אריסיה דהוה מייתי ליה כל מעלי שבתא כנתא דפירי יומא חד אייתי ליה בה' בשבתא א"ל מאי שנא האידנא א"ל דינא אית לי ואמינא אגב אורחי אייתי ליה למר לא קביל מיניה א"ל פסילנא לך לדינא

Yishmael son of R. Yose, had a sharecropper who was would regularly bring him a basket full of fruit every Friday. One day he brought it to him on a Thursday. He said to him, “Why is now different?” He replied, “I have a lawsuit and I said to myself that at the same time I might bring [the fruit] to the Master.” He did not accept it from him [and] said, “I am disqualified to act as your judge.”

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