Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 30:8

אי אמרת בשלמא עשו היינו דקאמר מתיירא אני אלא אי אמרת לא עשו אמאי קאמר מתיירא אני ונהי נמי דעשו מאי מתיירא אני

if, however, it were to be contended that they did not so act, in what respect was his conduct noteworthy!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'what was his greatness'; he only acted on the same lines as the other disciples of Beth Shammai. Consequently it must be concluded that Beth Shammai did act in accordance with their own rulings. ');">¹⁴</span> Come and hear: R. Joshua was asked, 'What is the law in relation to the rival of one's daughter'? He answered them, 'It is a question in dispute between Beth Shammai and Beth Hillel'. — 'But [he was asked] in accordance with whose ruling is the established law'? 'Why should you,' he said to them, 'put my head between two great mountains, between two great groups of disputants, aye, between Beth Shammai and Beth Hillel? I fear they might crush my head! I may testify to you, however, concerning two great families who flourished in Jerusalem, namely, the family of Beth Zebo'im of Ben 'Akmai and the family of Ben Kuppai of Ben Mekoshesh,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [A locality in Judaea; on the identification of the other names, v. Klein MGWJ 1910, 25ff, and 1917, 135ff and Buchler Priester, p. 186.] ');">¹⁵</span>

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