Related for Shabbat 296:16
והא אנן תנן אין נמנין על הבהמה בתחילה ביו"ט שאני הכא כיון דרגיל אצלו כמאן דאימני ביה מעיקרא דמי
— This sanctification is a Rabbinical preferment.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' l.e. the Rabbis held it more fitting that the owner too should sanctify the animal, but actually that has already been done. ');"><sup>27</sup></span> But did R. Johanan say thus? Surely R. Johanan said: The <i>halachah</i> is [always] as an anonymous Mishnah, whereas we learnt: One may not sanctify, vow a 'valuation',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. [H]. This is the technical term for a vow to give one's own or another person's 'valuation' to the Temple. V. Lev. XXVII, 1ff ');"><sup>28</sup></span>
Tosefta Sotah
Rabbi Ishmael said: From the day that the Temple was destroyed, it would be appropriate that we not eat meat or drink wine (since these were used in the Temple service). But a court does not decree (restrictions) on the community which they cannot uphold. He would say that since they (the Romans) decree upon us that we not learn Torah, we should decree upon the community that they not marry women (since they do not know marriage and family laws), and not have children - and as a consequence, the seed of Abraham will cease. Rather, leave Israel alone (to continue to do as they now do, marrying and having families); it is better that (if they transgress), they do so inadvertently and not intentionally.
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