Yevamot 82B

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But I, R' Yoḥanan, said what I said in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei that a priest who is a hermaphrodite enables his wife to eat teruma, and R' Yosei himself maintains that even nowadays the halakha of teruma is in effect by Torah law. Accordingly, I argued that a hermaphrodite enables h

As it is taught in a baraita in the anthology called Seder Olam, with regard to a verse that speaks of the Jewish people’s return to Eretz Yisrael following their exile: “And YHWH your God will bring you into the land that your fathers inherited, and you shall inherit it” (Deuteronomy 30:5). These

And R' Yoḥanan said: Who is the tanna who taught Seder Olam? It is R' Yosei. Since R' Yosei maintains that the second sanctification of Eretz Yisrael never lapsed even after the destruction of the Second Temple, he also holds that teruma nowadays is in effect by Torah law.

The Talmud raises another objection to R' Yoḥanan’s opinion: But does R' Yoḥanan maintain that with regard to a mixture containing an item that is forbidden by rabbinic law, we do not require the permitted portion of the mixture to be greater in quantity so that it can nullify the prohibited part? D

The Talmud clarifies the opinion of R' Yoḥanan: What, is it not that its greater part must remain, i.e., that most of the original 40 se’a of water must remain in the mikveh? In other words, up to 19 se’a of other liquids may be added to the mikveh, with an equal quantity of the mixture then remove