Study Avodah Zarah folio 31B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
from the following baraita: With regard to one who sends a jug of wine in the hands of a Samaritan, or a jug of fish brine or a jug of fish stew in the hands of a non-Jew, if he recognizes his seal and his manner of closing the jug, it is permitted; if he does not recognize them, it is prohibited.
R' Zeira said that this is not difficult. Here, the first baraita is referring to jugs located in a city; there, the second baraita is referring to jugs that the Samaritan carries on the road. Sealed jugs are permitted in a city because the Samaritan is careful to ensure that non-Jews do not touc
R' Yirmeya objects to this: Didn’t these jugs located in the city come by the road as well? Rather, R' Yirmeya says: We learned the baraita that permits sealed jugs only in reference to those that are located between the winepresses. Since everyone is found there, the Samaritan is apprehensive, as
It was stated: For what reason did the rabbis prohibit the beer of non-Jews? Rami bar Ḥama says that R' Yitzḥak says: It is due to the concern that Jews will befriend non-Jews while drinking with them, which might lead to marriage with non-Jews. Rav Naḥman said: It is due to the concern of exposur
The Talmud asks: With regard to what form of exposure is there a concern? If we say that the concern is with regard to exposure of the vat, we too expose the vat, and there is no reason to prohibit non-Jews’ beer more than that of Jews. And if you say: Rather, the concern is for exposure of the jug