Musar for Niddah 45:58
לא אמרה ר"מ אלא הואיל ובמינו מתקיים
R. Jeremiah enquired of R. Zera: According to R. Meir who ruled: 'A beast that was in a woman's body is a valid birth', what is the law where its father<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who is entitled to effect the betrothal of his daughter while she is a minor. ');"><sup>46</sup></span>
Orchot Tzadikim
And a man should not rejoice to the point of hilarity for now all joy should be mixed with sobriety, for when our "Holy Rabbi" (Rabbi Judah the Prince) used to laugh thus, troubles came to the world (Berakoth 31a). And similarly "Rabbi Jeremiah would bring Rabbi Zera to the point of laughter, but Rabbi Zera did not laugh" (Niddah 23a).
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