Commentary for Kiddushin 161:5
מר זוטרא מלקי ומכריז א"ל רב נחמן מפרהטיא לרב אשי מר נמי לילקי ולכריז א"ל איכא דשמע בהא ולא שמע בהא
because it is said. Nay [al], my sons; for it is n good report that I hear.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. II, 24. Al () introduces a negative injunction, and Rab translates: there is a negative injunction, my sons, in respect of a report that is not good.');"><sup>11</sup></span> Mar Zutra laid a cord about his shoulders<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [I.e., inflicted punishment on the one who was subject to an evil report. The punishment for the offence mentioned here has no basis in the Bible, but belongs to the category of makkath marduth 'a beating for rebellion' instituted by the Rabbis for the enforcement of discipline, and which was not hedged about by the regulations which governed the infliction of the 'forty stripes' prescribed in the Bible]');"><sup>12</sup></span> and recited to him, 'Nay, my sons'.
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