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his sons are mamzerim, as he is indifferent to his wife’s engaging in adultery.
The Talmud asks: And the first tanna, why did he not include the ruling that the sons of a heretic are mamzerim? The Talmud answers: In his opinion, a heretic does not release his wife and allow her to engage in adultery.
The Master said in the Mishnah: Slaughter performed by a non-Jew renders the animal an unslaughtered carcass. The Talmud challenges this: And let us be concerned that perhaps he is a heretic who is a devout idolater and deriving benefit from his slaughter is prohibited. Rav Naḥman said that Rabba b
The Talmud asks: But don’t we see that there are? The Talmud answers: Say the majority of the people of the nations of the world are not heretics, and with regard to slaughter one follows the majority. The Talmud notes: Rabba bar Avuh holds in accordance with that which R' Ḥiyya bar Abba says that
Rav Yosef bar Minyumi says that Rav Naḥman says: There are no heretics among the nations of the world, i.e., non-Jew heretics do not have the halakhic status of actual heretics. The Talmud asks: With regard to what matter did Rav Naḥman state the halakha? If we say that it is with regard to slaughte