Liturgy for Sukkah 112:7

בשלמא למ"ד משמרתו שוהה לבא היינו דקנסינן לכולה משמר אלא למ"ד מרים בת בילגה שהמירה דתה משום ברתיה קנסינן ליה לדידיה אמר אביי אין כדאמרי אינשי שותא דינוקא בשוקא או דאבוה או דאימיה

It goes well according to the one who stated that this watch was late in arriving, since for this reason the whole course might be penalized; but according to the one who stated that it was because of Miriam the daughter of Bilgah who apostatized, do we penalize [even a] father on account of his daughter? Abaye said: Indeed, as people say, “The talk of a child in the market-place, is either that of his father or of his mother.” May we then penalize the whole watch on account of her father or mother?

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