Pesachim 21A

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The decision of the third opinion of R' Yishmael, son of R' Yosei, is not considered a decision in this case, as the other two rabbis do not raise the issue of a stumbling block at all.

R' Yosei, son of R' Ḥanina, said: The dispute between R' Eliezer and R' Yehoshua with regard to a jug of teruma that broke in an upper press and was flowing down into the lower press applies only to a case where one se’a of teruma fell into less than 100 se’a of impure, non-sacred wine in the lower

However, if the teruma wine fell into 100 se’a of ritually impure, non-sacred produce, everyone agrees that the wine should be allowed to descend and become ritually impure by itself, and one should not actively render it impure with his hand. The reason is that if teruma falls into non-sacred pro

The Talmud comments: That was also taught in a baraita: With regard to a jug of teruma wine that broke in the upper winepress, and in the lower press there is 100 times that amount of ritually impure, non-sacred wine, R' Eliezer concedes to R' Yehoshua that if one is able to rescue even 1/4th-log fr

After citing proof for the opinion of R' Yosei, son of R' Ḥanina, from this source, the Talmud questions the formulation of the baraita itself. This expression: R' Eliezer concedes to R' Yehoshua, is puzzling, as R' Eliezer ruled that one may never directly render the jug impure. The baraita should