The Babylonian Talmud, Pesahim 57a
And it was of these and of such as these that Abba Saul b. Bothnith said in the name of Abba Joseph b. Hanin: 'Woe is me because of the house of Boethus; woe is me because of their staves! Woe is me because of the house of Hanin, woe is me because of their whisperings! Woe is me because of the house of Kathros, woe is me because of their pens! Woe is me because of the house of Ishmeael the son of Phabi, woe is me because of their fists! For they are High Priests and their sons are [Temple] treasures and their sons-in-law are trustees and their servants beat the people with staves'. |
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