Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 220:14

(אלא א"ר משרשיא) דכולי עלמא תרי אתכא וחד לבתר תכא לא מצטרפי ההיא מעשה דרבה בר נחמני

Rabina said in Raba's name: [A doubt concerning] even numbers [is resolved] stringently;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If a man does not know whether he has drunk an even number or not, he Should drink another. This turns an even number into odd, not an odd into even, because in the latter case this glass represents a fresh decision (cf. p. 568, n. 8) , and does not combine with the others.');">¹⁵</span> others state: [A doubt concerning] even numbers [is resolved] leniently.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus showing that he is not particular about it and thereby removing the hostility of the demons (cf. supra) .');">¹⁶</span>

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