Avodah Zarah 76A

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that was used for cooking that same day by a non-Jew, as in such a case, it does not impart flavor to food cooked in it to the detriment of the mixture.

The Talmud asks: If so, from that point onward the pot should be permitted, as on the following day the taste of the non-kosher food imparted by the pot is already to the detriment of the food. The Talmud answers: There is a rabbinic decree that prohibits use of a pot that was not used by a non-Jew

The Talmud comments: And according to the opinion of the other tanna, who holds that even if the imparted flavor is to the detriment of the permitted food nevertheless it is forbidden, even the flavor imparted by a pot that was used that same day is detrimental to the flavor of the food, and still t

§ Rav Amram raises a contradiction before Rav Sheshet: We learned in the Mishnah: With regard to the spits and the grill, one must heat them until white-hot in the fire. But it is taught in a Mishnah (Zevaḥim 97a) with regard to sacrificial meat: The spit and the grill that were used to roast sacrif

Rav Sheshet said to him: Amram, my son, what has the matter of sacrificial meat to do with vessels of non-Jews that require purging? Here, in the case of sacrificial meat, the utensils absorbed a permitted food that subsequently became forbidden, and therefore purging in hot water is sufficient. T