Commentary for Sanhedrin 199:2

רבא כי הוו מייתי טריפתא דבי בנימין קמיה כי הוה חזי בה טעמא להיתירא אמר להו תחזו דקא שרינא לכו עורבא כי הוה חזי לה טעמא לאיסורא אמר להו תחזו דקא אסרנא לכו יונה

of the family Benjamin was brought before Raba, if he saw a reason for permitting it, he would remark to them, 'See, I permit you the raven:' if there were grounds for forbidding it, he would observe, 'See, I forbid you the dove'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To shew them that in practice the Rabbis did decide whether a thing was permitted or not. ');">³</span> R. Papa forgot himself and exclaimed, 'O these Rabbis.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Contemptuously. ');">⁴</span>

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