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like dung vessels and like earth vessels, and these are not susceptible to ritual impurity, as the Master said: Stone vessels and dung vessels and earth vessels are not susceptible to ritual impurity, neither by Torah law nor by rabbinic law? Or perhaps this is not considered digestion, as these pa
The Talmud suggests: Resolve the dilemma from that which Ulla says in the name of R' Shimon bar Yehotzadak: An incident occurred in which wolves swallowed two children and excreted them on the east bank of the Jordan, and the incident came before the rabbis for a ruling. They were asked whether the
The Talmud rejects this resolution: That case of flesh is different, as flesh is soft and digestible. Palm leaves, by contrast, are hard and not easily digested. The Talmud suggests: But in that case, let us resolve the dilemma from the last clause of the account of that incident: The rabbis ruled t
§ R' Zeira raises a dilemma: With regard to wheat that fell from the clouds, what is the halakha? The Talmud asks: With regard to what issue was this dilemma raised? If it is referring to using this wheat for meal offerings, why not? There should be no problem with using the wheat, since wheat for
The Talmud explains the two possibilities. The verse states: “You shall bring out of your dwellings two wave-loaves of two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, for first fruits to YHWH” (Leviticus 23:17). When God states: “Out of your dwellings,” does th