Commentary for Taanit 49:9
ור' חנינא בן דוסא מהיכן הוו ליה עזים והא עני הוי ועוד אמרו חכמים אין מגדלין בהמה דקה בא"י אמר רב פנחס מעשה ועבר אדם אחד על פתח ביתו והניח שם תרנגולין ומצאתן אשתו של ר' חנינא בן דוסא
And furthermore, did not the Sages say: We may not rear small cattle in Palestine?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As these usually destroy the crops of the field. Cf. B.K. 79b.');"><sup>5</sup></span> - R'Phinehas said: Once it happened that a man passed by his house and left there hens and the wife of R'Hanina B'Dosa found them. Her husband, however, forbade her to eat of their eggs. As the eggs and the chickens increased in number he was very troubled by them and he therefore sold them and with the proceeds he purchased goats.
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