Commentary for Megillah 3:21

אלא לאו אליבא דרבנן ובזמן שהשנים כתיקנן וישראל שרויין על אדמתן מיהא קרינן תיובתא דרבי יוחנן תיובתא

It must be then that he follows the Rabbis, and [even according to them] we read [on the other days] at any rate when the years are properly fixed and Israel reside on their own soil! Is this not a refutation of R’ Yochanan?

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