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זבחים 72

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1 — They are both necessary: for if [I learnt] from there, I would say. That applies only to hullin; but as for sacrifices, Let us not cause the loss of all of them. While if [I learnt] from here, I would say. This applies only to sacred animals, because it is repulsive; but as for hullin, where it is not repulsive, I would say that though they are forbidden for any use, let them be annulled by the majority. Thus [both] are necessary. Now, let them indeed be annulled by the majority? And should you answer, They are important and cannot be annulled; that is well on the view that we learnt ‘whatever one is wont to count’; but on the view that we learnt ‘that which one is wont to count what can be said? For we learnt: If a man has bundles of fenugreek of kil'ayim of a vineyard,

2 they must be burnt. If they were mixed up with others, and those again with others, they must all be burnt: that is the view of R. Meir. But the Sages maintain: They are neutralized in a mixture of two hundred to one. For R. Meir used to say: Whatever one is wont to count renders [others] forbidden; while the Sages maintain: Only six things forbid [the whole] — R. Akiba says: Seven — and they are as follows: The nuts of Perek, the pomegranates of Badan, sealed casks [of wine], beetroot tops, cabbage stalks, and Grecian gourds. R. Akiba adds the loaves of a householder. Those which are subject to the law of ‘orlah [render the mixture] ‘orlah; and those which are subject to the law of kil'ayim of the vineyard, [render the mixture] kil'ayim of the vineyard. Now it was stated thereon: R. Johanan said: We learnt, That which one is wont to count; while Resh Lakish said: We learnt, Whatever one is wont to count. Now, it is well according to Resh Lakish; but according to R. Johanan, what can be said? — Said R. Papa: This Tanna is the Tanna who taught [the Baraitha] concerning the litra of dried figs, who maintained:ʰʲˡʳˢ