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Here, with regard to the Mishnah in Ḥullin, Shmuel’s comment reflects the explanation of R' Yehoshua before R' Yehoshua’s retraction of the assertion that it is prohibited to derive benefit from the stomach contents of an animal carcass. There, with regard to the Mishnah in Avoda Zara, Shmuel’s st
The Talmud suggests additional reasons for the decree of the rabbis. Rav Malkiyya says in the name of Rav Adda bar Ahava: The cheese is prohibited because non-Jews smooth its surface with pig fat. Rav Ḥisda says: It is because they curdle it with vinegar produced from their wine, from which it is
Parenthetically, the Talmud asks: In accordance with whose opinion is Rav Naḥman’s claim that the cheese of non-Jews is prohibited because it is curdled in the sap of orla? The Talmud answers: It is in accordance with the opinion of this tanna, as it is taught in a Mishnah (Orla 1:7): R' Eliezer say
The Talmud comments: You may even say that the statement is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehoshua, who disagrees with the opinion of R' Eliezer, as R' Yehoshua disagrees with R' Eliezer only with regard to the sap of a branch, but with regard to the sap of a fruit R' Yehoshua concedes that
The Talmud adds: And this is in accordance with that which we learned in the continuation of that Mishnah: R' Yehoshua said: I heard explicitly that with regard to one who curdles cheese with the sap of the leaves and the sap of the roots of an orla tree, the cheese is permitted. But if it is curdl