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Is it permitted to put brine or fish stew in the wineskins ab initio, or is the substance permitted only after the fact? The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a resolution to the dilemma, as Rav Zevid bar Oshaya teaches: With regard to one who purchases jugs from non-Jews, if they are new, he may pl
§ The Talmud discusses the effect of fire on prohibited vessels. R' Yehuda Nesia raised a dilemma before R' Ami: If one returned prohibited containers to the furnace and they whitened due to its heat, what is the halakha? Is the fire assumed to expunge the absorbed wine or not? R' Ami said to him:
Rav Ashi said: Do not say that the jugs must stay in the furnace until the tar falls apart entirely; rather, even if it only softens, the jug is permitted, despite the fact that the tar did not fall off. The Talmud adds: With regard to a situation in which the tar was removed by dropping ignited sp
The Talmud discusses the halakha with regard to beer kept in a prohibited vessel. A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: What is the halakha with regard to putting beer in it? Rav Naḥman and Rav Yehuda prohibited this, and Rava permitted it. The Talmud notes that Ravina permitted Rav Ḥiyya, son of
§ The Talmud discusses different vessels and the halakhot that pertain to them. Rav Yitzḥak bar Bisna had certain vessels made of cow dung [defakosna] that had contained wine of non-Jews, which he filled with water and placed in the sun in order to rid them of the forbidden substance they had absorb