As R. Dimi was once sitting and repeating the above reported decision [of R. Johanan] Abaye raised the following objection. [A Mishnah says:] If part of a stew of terumah containing garlic and oil of hullin is touched by a [defiled person who] had bathed that day, the whole is rendered unfit [to be eaten]. If part of a stew of hullin containing garlic and oil of terumah is touched by a [defiled person who] had bathed that day, only that part that was touched becomes unfit [to be eaten]. Now, in discussing this it was asked why the part touched should become unfit and Rabbah b. Bar Hanah quoting R. Johanan replied: The reason is that a layman would be scourged for eating an olive's bulk. Surely this