Commentary for Yoma 157:3

וכשנתנו לו לר' צדוק אוכל פחות מכביצה נטלו במפה ואכלו חוץ לסוכה ולא בירך אחריו

An objection was raised: Once they brought to R'Johanan B'Zakkai a dish to taste and to Rabban Gamaliel two dates and a bucket of water, whereupon they said: Take them up to the Sukkah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This happened on a Sukkoth day, when meals are to be taken in the booth (sukkah) .');">⁶</span> <span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The bracketed portion is omitted in some texts.');">⁷</span> [They ordered so], not because that was the legal decision, but because they desired to take a severer view for themselves. And<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hul. 107a.');">⁸</span> when someone gave R'Zadok a piece of food smaller than an egg, he would take it with a towel, eat it outside the Sukkah, and pronounce no blessing after it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Zadok showed a less severe attitude in three things: (a) He did not wash his hands but would take the food with a towel - only because of his fastidiousness. (b) He ate it outside the Sukkah. (c) He did not pronounce the customary blessing after it (Rashi) .');">⁹</span>

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