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holds that all the more so, one does not enter himself into uncertainty either. Therefore, uncertainty with regard to naziriteship is treated leniently.
Abaye said to R' Zeira: In what manner did you establish the Mishnah that states that uncertainty with regard to naziriteship is treated leniently? You established it in accordance with the opinion of R' Eliezer. Say the latter clause of that Mishnah: If there is uncertainty with regard to firstbor
And it is taught in a baraita in that regard: But with regard to shearing and working these uncertain animal firstborns, they are forbidden, just like definite firstborns. This indicates a difference between the monetary issue, with regard to which it is ruled that the animal cannot be taken from t
R' Zeira said to Abaye: This is not difficult. Why do you compare sanctity that emerges by itself, i.e., the sanctity of a firstborn, which results from objective reality and not human intent, to sanctity that emerges by the volition of a person and is dependent on his intention? Only with regard t
Rather, if R' Zeira’s answer is difficult, this is what is difficult. It is stated in that same Mishnah: In the case of liquid with regard to which there is uncertainty whether it became ritually impure through contact with someone who was ritually impure, the halakha is as follows: It is considere