שבועות דף ל ע"ב
דביתהו דרב הונא הוה לה דינא קמיה דרב נחמן אמר היכי נעביד אי איקום מקמה מסתתמן טענתיה דבעל דינא לא איקום מקמה אשת חבר הרי היא כחבר א"ל לשמעיה צא ואפרח עלי בר אווזא ושדי עלוואי ואיקום
Shevu'ot 30b
Rav Huna's wife once had to appear before the court of Rav Nachman. Rav Nachman found himself facing a conundrum.
He said to himself, "If I rise before her when she enters, the opposing party will assume that she is getting preferential treatment. But if I remain seated I will not be showing her the proper respect as the wife of a Talmid Hacham!"
At last, he came up with a solution. He called his student and instructed him as follows: "I want you to go to the yard and grab a goose. When they enter, I want you to throw the goose on my head! That way I'll be forced to jump up anyway to avoid it and I won't have to worry about what everyone is thinking!"
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