Commentary for Sanhedrin 68:20

ואמר רב חסדא לא שנו אלא ביום אבל בלילה כותבין ואין עושין דין משום דהוו להו עדים ואין עד נעשה דיין אמר ליה אין הכי קאמינא:

But why is this anonymous Mishnah more authoritative<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'stronger'. ');">³⁷</span> than the other? — Either because an anonymous Mishnah which expresses the opinion of the majority is preferable;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Mishnah which, according to R. Johanan, treats of a blind man, expresses the view of R. Meir as expressed in the preceding Baraitha, but our Mishnah, that of the majority. ');">³⁸</span>

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