Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 118:4

חזר ואמר להם אם הלכה כמותי מן השמים יוכיחו יצאתה בת קול ואמרה מה לכם אצל ר"א שהלכה כמותו בכ"מ

and asked him: What did the Holy One, Blessed be He, do in that hour? — He laughed [with joy], he replied, saying, 'My sons have defeated Me, My sons have defeated Me.' It was said: On that day all objects which R. Eliezer had declared clean were brought and burnt in fire.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As unclean. ');">⁷</span> Then they took a vote and excommunicated him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'blessed him,' a euphemism for excommunication. ');">⁸</span>

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