Commentary for Pesachim 59:7

ולידרוש להו דהא שמואל כרבי שמעון סבירא ליה אתריה דרב הוה

For Samuel said to the hardware merchants:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'sellers of pots'.');">⁹</span> Charge all equitable price for your pots, for if not I will publicly lecture [that the law is] in accordance with R'Simeon.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' People did break their pots before Passover, and the merchants took advantage of the increased demand after Passover to raise prices. Thereupon Samuel threatened them that he would publicly lecture that leaven kept over Passover is not forbidden, so that people need not break their pots.');">¹⁰</span>

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