Quoting%20commentary for Megillah 56:4

א"ר אסי בתי כנסיות שבבבל על תנאי הן עשויין ואעפ"כ אין נוהגין בהן קלות ראש ומאי ניהו חשבונות

Assi said: The synagogues of Babylon have been built with a stipulation, and even so we do not act frivolously in them. What [for instance] is this? Doing calculations [for business purposes] in them.

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