Commentary for Kiddushin 140:3
אמר ליה מאי טעמא שמתיה מר לההוא גברא ציער שליחא דרבנן ונגדיה מר דרב מנגיד על מאן דמצער שלוחא דרבנן דעדיף מיניה עבדי ליה
he said: 'let us discuss the matter, that it may not be said that the Rabbis shew favour to each other.' Then he asked him, 'Why did you place that man under the ban? ' 'Because he abused the Rabbis' messenger.' 'Then you should have punished him [by stripes], for Rab punished [with stripes] him who abused a messenger of the Rabbis.'
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
R. Yehudah explains that he excommunicated him, a punishment worse than lashes, for abusing R. Yehudah’s agent when the agent was buying meat.
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