Reference for Bava Kamma 226:14
א"ל אביי ודלמא משום דאייאוש להו מינייהו מרייהו אמר ליה אי לא דינא דמלכותא דינא היכי מייאשי
and said to him: 'See that <font>I am relying upon you</font>.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As to the number of the barrels. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> Rabina together with a heathen bought a palm-tree to chop up [and divide]. He thereupon said to his attendant: <font>Quick, bring to me the parts near to the roots, for the heathen is interested only in the number</font> [but not in the quality].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the pieces. ');"><sup>25</sup></span>
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