Related for Shabbat 296:4
וכן אשה מחבירתה ככרות: בשבת הוא דאסיר אבל בחול שפיר דמי לימא מתני' דלא כהלל דתנן וכן היה הלל אומר לא תלוה אשה ככר לחבירתה עד שתעשינה דמים שמא יוקרו חטין ונמצאו באות לידי רבית
Yet that is not so: there is no difference between a Rabbinical and a Scriptural law. For lo! the addition to the Day of Atonement is Scriptural,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fast must begin before the Day of Atonement actually commences, and this is deduced from Scripture; v. Yoma 81b. ');"><sup>6</sup></span> yet we see them [women] eat and drink until it is dark and do not rebuke them.
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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