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The Talmud asks: But let him render the leaven null and void during the 6th hour, when he burns it. The Talmud answers: Since there is a rabbinic prohibition that takes effect on the leaven, as it is prohibited to derive benefit from it after the 5th hour, its legal status is like that of leaven pro
The Talmud continues: There is proof that the rabbis were stringent with regard to leaven prohibited by rabbinic law, as Rav Giddel said that R' Ḥiyya bar Yosef said that Rav said: With regard to a man who betroths a woman on the 14th of Nisan from the beginning of the 6th hour and onward, even if
The Talmud raises a difficulty: And is it indeed the case that after the leaven has become prohibited one is unable to render it null and void? But wasn’t it taught in a baraita: If one was sitting in the study hall and he remembered that there is leavened bread in his house, he should render it nu
Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov said: Here we are dealing with a student sitting before his teacher, and he remembers that there is kneaded dough in his house, and he is afraid lest it leaven before he can return home to warn the members of his household. Since the dough has not yet leavened and is not yet proh
The Talmud comments: The language of the baraita is also precise in accordance with this explanation, as the baraita teaches: If one was sitting in the study hall. This indicates that the dough has not yet risen, and the problem is that he cannot arrive home in time to prevent it from rising. Howe