Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 76:8

תניא היא המטליא היא פשליא היא שיעתא מאי שיעתא ארבב"ח אמר רבי יוחנן הא ארבעין שנין דנפיק האי עובדא ממצרים ורבה בר בר חנה דידיה אמר הא שתין שנין דנפיק האי עובדא ממצרים ולא פליגי מר בשניה ומר בשניה

It has been taught: The rule which applies to liver-wort holds good also of the beans called pesilya and Egyptian beans [shi'atha]. What is shi'ata? Rabbah b. Bar Hanah said in the name of R. Yohanan: It is forty years since this preparation was imported from Egypt; while Rabbah b. Bar Hanah himself said: It is sixty years since this preparation was imported from Egypt. There is no contradiction since each [sage] stated according to the years of his own life.

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