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The secretion of ritually impure vessels prohibits the oil that non-Jews pour into them. The Talmud asks: Is that to say that all people are consumers of only ritually pure substances? Since it is common practice to eat ritually impure foods, why should the secretion of impure vessels render the oil
Shmuel said to Rav: Granted, according to my opinion, as I say that the secretion of prohibited vessels prohibits the oil, this is how one can understand that when Rav Yitzḥak bar Shmuel bar Marta came, he said that R' Simlai taught in Netzivin: With regard to oil, R' Yehuda HaNasi and his court w
Shmuel elaborates: It can be explained that R' Yehuda HaNasi holds: A prohibited substance that imparts flavor to the detriment of the mixture is permitted. According to Shmuel’s explanation, the prohibition was revoked because the taste absorbed by the oil would have impaired its flavor rather th
But according to you, Rav, who said that Daniel decreed a prohibition upon the oil of non-Jews, how can this be understood? Can it be said that Daniel decreed it, and R' Yehuda HaNasi came and voided the decree? But didn’t we learn in a Mishnah (Eduyyot 1:5): A court cannot void the statements of a
Rather than answering Shmuel’s question directly, Rav first rejects his proof: Rav said to him: Was it R' Simlai of Lod of whom you spoke? Residents of Lod are different, as they disparage the rabbis’ decrees, and therefore R' Simlai’s testimony is unreliable. Shmuel said to him: Shall I send for h