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Here too, it is referring to a case where the second donkey driver comes with the tools of his trade in his hand, clearly indicating that he too came to sell his produce. Therefore, when the other driver praises his produce, there is room for concern that there was collusion and that in the next c
The Talmud asks: And where is the solution of R' Ḥama bar Ukva stated? It is stated concerning that which we learned in a Mishnah (Teharot 7:1): In the case of a potter who fashioned his vessels in ritual purity, and abandoned his pots, and descended to drink water from the river, there is concern
The Talmud asks: But isn’t it taught in a baraita: Both these inner pots and those outer pots are ritually impure? R' Ḥama bar Ukva said: That baraita is referring to a case where the tools of the potter’s trade are in his hand, indicating that he intends to sell his pots. Since all potential buye
The Talmud asks: But isn’t it taught in another baraita: Both these inner pots and those outer pots are ritually pure? R' Ḥama bar Ukva said: That baraita is referring to a case where the tools of the potter’s trade are not in his hand, indicating that he does not intend to sell his pots. Therefor
The Talmud asks: But if so, the ruling in the Mishnah: The inner pots are pure and the outer pots are impure, under what circumstances can this case be found? When the tools of the potter’s trade are in his hand, all the vessels are impure, and when the tools of the potter’s trade are not in his ha