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מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁעָבְרוּ יוֹתֵר מֵאַרְבָּעִים זוּג, וְעִכְּבָן רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בְלוּד. שָׁלַח לוֹ רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, אִם מְעַכֵּב אַתָּה אֶת הָרַבִּים, נִמְצֵאתָ מַכְשִׁילָן לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא:

Once, more than forty pairs [of witnesses, one after the other,] passed over (to testify to the appearance of the new moon), and R. Akiva stopped them in Lod, [beth-din having no need of them]. R. Gamliel sent to him: "If you stop the many, you will cause them to go astray in the future." [Seeing that their words are not heeded, they will refrain from coming in the future.]

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