Reference for Nedarim 124:4
רב אשי הוה ליה ההוא אבא זבניה לבי נורא א"ל רבינא לרב אשי האיכא (ויקרא יט, יד) לפני עור לא תתן מכשול א"ל רוב עצים להסקה ניתנו:
What is the reason? Because it is [only] said in order to drive away a lion.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., in self-defence, against irregular extortion. Ran states that Raba's dictum means that even a Rabbinical student may act thus, and it is not regarded as an untruth; the ordinary person may certainly do so. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> R. Ashi owned a forest, which he sold to a fire-temple. Said Rabina to R. Ashi: But there is [the injunction]. Thou shalt not put a tumbling-block before the blind!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIX. 14: i.e., nothing must be done to aid idolatry. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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