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and its space, which is equivalent to the width of 2 fingers going around in their place, i.e., a space large enough to insert 2 fingers and twist them around inside. If one body of water contains the requisite 40 se’a, while another, adjacent body is lacking this amount, then if the opening betwee
The Talmud notes: Rava holds in accordance with this statement that Rav Naḥman said that Rabba bar Avuh said: They taught 11 stringencies of sacrificial food here in this Mishnah, rather than R' Ila’s 10. The first 6 stringencies apply both to sacrificial food itself and to non-sacred food that was
The Talmud asks: What practical difference is there between the opinion of Rava, i.e., that the rabbis rendered it prohibited to immerse one vessel inside of another because they were concerned lest one immerse needles in a vessel whose mouth is narrower than the tube of a wineskin, and the opinion
The Talmud answers: The practical difference between them is in the case of a basket or a wicker bin [gargutni] that one has filled with smaller vessels and has immersed them all together. According to R' Ila, the one who said it is prohibited to immerse one vessel inside another due to the concern
The Talmud notes: And Rava follows his line of reasoning, as Rava said: A basket or wicker bin that one has filled with smaller vessels and has immersed them all together, they are pure in all regards, even for sacrificial food.