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The Talmud asks: But with regard to dill, from which one is obligated to designate pe’a, as stated in the Mishnah, one must also be obligated to separate tithe, since if the obligation of pe’a applies then the obligation of tithes likewise applies. As we learned in the Mishnah (50a): With regard
And from the fact that with regard to dill one is obligated to separate tithe, it follows that it becomes impure with the ritual impurity of food. As the Mishnah on 50a states: Any food that is obligated in tithes becomes impure with the ritual impurity of food. Apparently, any item that is prepar
And the Talmud raises a contradiction to this conclusion from a Mishnah (Okatzin 3:5), which deals with the ritual impurity of food: With regard to spices such as costus, amomum, chief spices, root of crowfoot, asafoetida, peppers, and a cake of safflower, although their function is merely to add t
R' Yoḥanan ben Nuri said to R' Akiva: If they are considered food to the extent that they may be bought with second-tithe money, for what reason are they not considered food in terms of becoming impure with the ritual impurity of food? And if they do not become impure with the ritual impurity of foo
And R' Yoḥanan ben Nuri said with regard to this halakha: They counted the opinions of the rabbis, and they concluded that these spices may not be bought with second-tithe money, and they do not become impure with the ritual impurity of food. This apparently contradicts the previous claim that dill