Commentary for Menachot 35:9

אלא מאי כשר ור' אליעזר פסול פוסל אתנייה אי הכי מאי הא מפני (פלוגתא) אנן נמי פלוגתא קא מתנינן

Now if it be assumed that [R'Judah] taught that all hold it is invalid, the what did he [Joseph] mean when he said 'You have thus restored to me what I had lost'? He [R'Eleazar B'Shammua'] had only told him [in the end] that there was a difference of opinion in the matter!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that even the final reply of R. Eleazar b. Shammua' did not correspond with the teaching Joseph had received from R. Judah. It must therefore be said that R. Judah had also taught his disciple Joseph that there was a difference of opinion in the matter, and so contrary to the premise set out at the beginning of this passage.');">⁷</span> - What then would you say?

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