Pesachim 13A

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that the incident occurred during sunrise is because he was standing out in the open and they were mere rays of light that he saw which he mistook for sunrise. In actuality, he too is testifying to an incident that occurred before sunrise, and the testimony of the two witnesses is therefore compatib

Rav Naḥman said that Rav said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda. Rava said to Rav Naḥman: And let the Master say that the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir, who maintains that one may eat during the entire fifth hour, as the tanna taught an unattributed

As we learned in a Mishnah: For the entire time that one is permitted to eat leaven himself, he feeds it to his animal. It can be inferred from this Mishnah that there is no intermediate period when it is prohibited for a person to eat leaven but he may feed it to his animal. This unattributed Mishn

The Talmud rejects this contention: That Mishnah is not classified as unattributed, as it is in accordance with the opinion of Rabban Gamliel, due to the fact that had the Mishnah been in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir, the term: Permitted, is difficult. Instead, the Mishnah should have b

Rava raised an additional difficulty to Rav Naḥman: And let the Master say that the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of Rabban Gamliel, as he is the decisor in this dispute, and there is a general principle that the halakha is always in accordance with the decisor who states an opinion that