Commentary for Pesachim 103:3
א"ד נגדיה רב יוסף א"ל אביי נשמתיה מר דרב ושמואל דאמרי תרוייהו מנדין על שני ימים טובים של גליות א"ל ה"מ איניש דעלמא הכא צורבא מדרבנן הוא דטבא ליה עבדי דבמערבא מימנו אנגדתא דבר בי רב ולא מימנו אשמתא:
to Pumbeditha on the second Festival day of Pentecost, [whereupon] R'Joseph put him under the ban. Said Abaye to him, Yet let the master punish him with lashes? - Said he to him, I have treated him more severely, for in the West [sc. Palestine] they take a vote for punishing a disciple with lashes, yet they do not take a vote on the ban.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the ban would damage his prestige more than corporal punishment. This proves that the ban is a severer punishment.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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