[Avodah] Kabdehu v'Chashdehu

[Henry Topas]

The expression Kabdehu v'Chashdehu is used often in Israeli politics.  I have been looking for the makor of this phrase and all I have found is the notion that it is learned out from an incident recorded in Masechet Derech Eretz Rabbah (4) about Rabbi Yehoshua (Ben Levi).

Is there another source or a more recent source which would actually show the phrase as indicated rather than the need to use a drush?

Shabbat Shalom,

Henry Topas
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