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but one may make salt water and dip one’s bread in it, and place it in cooked food. R' Yosei said: But isn’t it still brine, whether it is a large quantity or whether it is a small quantity? And this is the type of salt water that is permitted: Salt water in which one places oil initially into the
Talmud: With regard to that which was stated in the Mishnah, the Talmud asks: What is the tanna saying with regard to the distinction between brine and salt water? Rav Yehuda said that Shmuel said: This is what he is saying: One may not prepare a large quantity of salt water, brine, on Shabbat, bu
We learned in the Mishnah that R' Yosei said: But isn’t it still brine whether it is a large quantity or a small quantity? A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: When R' Yosei said that there is no difference between a large and small quantity of salt water, was his intention to prohibit preparing
That was also taught in a baraita: One may not prepare a large quantity of salt water to add to the pickled vegetables that are inside a flat earthenware shard used for pickling [gistera]. However, one may prepare a small quantity of salt water and eat his bread with it and add it to cooked food. R'
Strong, radish, and citron are a mnemonic for the following halakhot.