Commentary for Yevamot 153:2

ומי מהימן והאמר רבי אבא אמר רב כל תלמיד חכם שמורה הלכה ובא אם קודם מעשה אמרה שומעין לו ואם לאו אין שומעין לו שאני הכא דהא שמואל ובית דינו קיים

but elsewhere it is written, Jether the Ishmaelite!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Chron. II, 17. Some MSS, read Ishmaelite in the [text of Sam. also. How then are the two readings to be reconciled? ');">⁵</span> This teaches, Raba explained, that he girded on his sword like an Ishmaelite and exclaimed, 'Whosoever will not obey the following <i>halachah</i> will be stabbed with the sword; I have this tradition from the <i>Beth din</i> of Samuel the Ramathite: An Ammonite but not an Ammonitess; A Moabite, but not a Moabitess'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 517, n. 17. [On the political issues involved in this controversy v. Aptowitzer, Parteipolitik der Hasmonaerzeit pp. 31ff. He regards the attack on the legitimacy of David as a movement inspired by the Sadducees to support the Hasmoneans' right to the throne against the challenge of their opponents. V. Kid. Sonc. ed. pp. 332ff]. ');">⁶</span> Could he, however, be trusted?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In such circumstances. ');">⁷</span> Surely R. Abba stated in the name of Rab: Whenever a learned man gives directions<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Basing his ruling on traditional law which he claims to have received from his teachers. ');">⁸</span>

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