Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 35:10

אלא לעולם דברי הכל פסול אתנייה ומאי החזרת לי אבידתי דהדר ליה מיהא שום פסלות בעולם:

That he [R'Judah] taught him 'It is valid, but R'Eliezer declares it to be invalid'! If so, why the expression 'For it was only because'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For when R. Eleazar b. Shammua' had remarked 'For it was only because...' he evidently meant to say that R. Judah had taught his disciple Joseph that particular view only out of admiration and reverence for his teachers, whereas in fact the law was not in accordance with that view. But as matters now stand the teachings of R. Eleazar b. Shammua' and of R. Judah are identical.');">⁸</span> We also learnt [from R'Eleazar B'Shammua'] that there was a difference of opinion in the matter! - We must indeed say that he [R'Judah] taught him that all hold it is invalid; but what did he [Joseph] mean by saying, 'You have thus restored to me what I had lost'? He meant that he had brought the view 'it is invalid' to light.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For until the final reply of R. Eleazar b. Shammua' there was not even the vaguest hint that any Rabbi held the view that it is invalid; and this so disturbed Joseph that he was led to doubt the accuracy of his memory concerning R. Judah's teaching. The final reply of R. Eleazar b. Shammua' gave him some measure of reassurance.');">⁹</span>

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