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to others, such as the limb and flesh from a living animal, which are forbidden even to non-Jews, is not called food.
R' Zeira questioned the explanation of R' Yoḥanan and said to R' Asi: If R' Shimon is discussing the first clause in the Mishnah, claiming that a hanging limb or flesh is pure during the lifetime of the animal, the reason for his statement is not necessarily that food that is forbidden to all peopl
As it is taught in a Mishnah (Okatzin 3:8): With regard to a branch of a fig tree that was detached from the tree and remains attached only to the bark of the tree, R' Yehuda deems the figs on the branch not susceptible to impurity, as they are considered attached to the tree. And the Rabbis say: I
R' Asi said to R' Zeira: R' Yoḥanan is explaining the reasoning for R' Shimon’s opinion in the middle clause of the Mishnah, which teaches: If the animal was slaughtered, the limb and the flesh were rendered susceptible to impurity with the blood of the slaughtered animal; this is the statement of
R' Asi said that R' Yoḥanan said: What is the reason for the opinion of R' Shimon? The reason is that the verse states with regard to impurity as food: “From all food which may be eaten, that on which water comes shall be impure” (Leviticus 11:34). The phrase “food which may be eaten” indicates th