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R' Akiva’s testimony is not needed to teach the basic halakha that a vessel combines its ingredients, which is Torah law; it is necessary only for the remainders of the meal-offering, the part of a meal-offering left over after a fistful of it and its frankincense have been sacrificed on the altar,
And the rabbis came and decreed that even if something does not require a vessel, such as the leftover flour of the meal-offering, the vessel nevertheless combines it.
The Talmud raises a difficulty: It works out well in the case of flour, which can be said to refer to the flour left over from meal-offerings, but with regard to incense and frankincense, what is there to say? In these cases a vessel is certainly required, but if the halakha of combining applies t
The Talmud comments: And this opinion of R' Ḥanin’s, that impurity by combining is derived from the Torah, disagrees with the opinion of R' Ḥiyya bar Abba. For R' Ḥiyya bar Abba said that R' Yoḥanan said in reference to our Mishnah: This Mishnah was taught based on R' Akiva’s testimony. In other w
§ It was taught in the Mishnah: The 4th degree of impurity, with regard to sacrificial food, is disqualified. It is taught in a baraita: R' Yosei said: From where is it derived with regard to the 4th degree of ritual impurity, that with regard to sacrificial food it is disqualified? It is a logical