Commentary for Sanhedrin 67:10

בשלמא דברי המחייבין למחר חזו טעמא אחרינא ובעו למעבד הלנת דין אלא דברי המזכין מאי טעמא לאו משום דאי חזו טעמא אחרינא לחובה לא משגחינן בהו

But why not assume, had he been alive, he might have retracted?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In favour of conviction, when judgment is pronounced. ');">¹⁸</span> — Because in fact he did not retract! But did they not send [a message] from 'there' [Palestine], that the words of R. Jose b. Hanina preclude the words of our Master?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. Rab. Therefore his ruling not to consider an eventual change of opinion is due to the fact that he holds that at the promulgation of the decision one cannot retract. ');">¹⁹</span>

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