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One appends the minority of children who do not handle items within reach to the presumptive status of purity of the dough, and consequently the force of the majority of children who handle items within reach is weakened. Therefore, the dough is considered pure. Similarly, with regard to slaughter
The Talmud responds that the two cases are not comparable: If they said one may append the minority to the presumptive status with regard to a case of uncertain ritual impurity in order to render the dough pure, will they say that one may rely on a minority in the case of an uncertain prohibition in
§ With regard to the dispute in the Mishnah, the Talmud notes: R' Yehuda HaNasi ruled in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir, who held that if a deaf-mute, an imbecile, or a minor slaughtered a mother animal, one may subsequently slaughter its offspring; and R' Yehuda HaNasi also ruled in accord
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a proof from an incident: R' Abba, son of R' Ḥiyya bar Abba, and R' Zeira were standing in the marketplace of Caesarea, at the entrance to the study hall. R' Ami exited the study hall and found the two of them standing there. R' Ami said to them: Have I not told yo
R' Zeira entered the study hall, whereas R' Abba did not enter. The students were sitting and raising a dilemma: Which of R' Yehuda HaNasi’s two rulings is the later one? R' Zeira said to them: You did not let me know that this is your dilemma while I was outside, which would have allowed me to ask