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for what use are they fit? According to the Rabbis, one sells them in court. Apparently, they must have some value. The Talmud answers: Oil is fit for tanners who would coat the hides with oil even if it had a foul odor. Honey it fit as a salve for a wound on the back of camels.
It is taught in the baraita: And the Rabbis say that the bailee effects a remedy for the spoiled products and sells them in court. The Talmud asks: What remedy does he effect for those products? Rav Ashi said: It is a remedy for the casks. Although the contents of the jug are irreversibly spoiled
The Talmud asks: Since R' Meir agrees that when there is deterioration at a rate greater than its standard rate of deterioration, the bailee should sell the deposit, with regard to what issue do R' Meir and the Rabbis disagree? The Talmud answers: The dispute is that one Sage, R' Meir, holds: The
§ The Mishnah teaches that Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: He sells it before the court, due to the fact that in doing so he is like one returning a lost item to the owner. It was stated that R' Abba, son of R' Ya’akov, says that R' Yoḥanan says: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of Rab
The Talmud asks: But why is it necessary for R' Yoḥanan to issue that ruling specifically in this case? Didn’t R' Yoḥanan already say one other time that in general the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel? As Rabba bar bar Ḥana says that R' Yoḥanan said: Every plac