Talmud su Ta'anit 3:1

Rebbi wanted to permit the Sabbatical year¹⁴⁵Since in the absence of a Temple and the distribution of land as ordered in the Torah, the Sabbatical year is observed as a Rabbinic ordinance, Rebbi wanted to allow cultivation of the land to help pay real estate taxes that were imposed irrespective of the yield. A generation later, R. Yannai did permit the cultivation of land for the payment of taxes and delivery of requisitioned produce to the Roman army (Yerushalmi Ševiït 4:2, Babli Sanhedrin26a, cf. Rashi there.) The parallel to the entire story is in Taäniot 3:1.. Rebbi Phineas ben Yaïr went to him. He said to him: how is the grain doing? He¹⁴⁶R. Phineas ben Yaïr. answered him: endives¹⁴⁷They are irrelevant for taxes or the army. are doing fine. He said to him: how is the grain doing? He answered him: endives are doing fine. From this, Rebbi understood that he did not agree with him. He said to him: Would the rabbi care to eat a bite with me today? He said to him, yes. When he came, he saw the she-mules¹⁴⁸Latin mulus. Yoma 8:5, it is stated that a white mule’s kick is life-threatening. Hence, white mules should not be kept by Jews. of Rebbi standing. He said, are all these fed by Jews? He will not see me again! They went and told this to Rebbi. Rebbi sent and wanted to pacify him. They found him in his city. He said, the people of my city should come close to me. The people of his city came and surrounded him. They said to them, Rebbi wants to make peace with him. They left him and went away. He said, my cousins¹⁴⁹In Taäniot: “My sons.” should come close to me. Fire descended from Heaven and surrounded him. They returned and told Rebbi. He said, since we did not have merit to eat our fill from him in this world, may we be worthy to eat our fill from him in the World to Come.