Nedarim 59B

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if their leaves were black, the onions are forbidden. If their leaves turned green, the onions are permitted. And if the leaves are black, why are the onions forbidden? Let us say in this case too: The permitted part, the original onion, to where did it go? Rav Ḥisda said to Rabba: Do you maint

The Talmud explains: This is not difficult, as this entire Mishnah, Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel taught it. In the baraita Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel is not disagreeing with the opinion of the first tanna of the Mishnah; he is merely restating it. And nevertheless, the Mishnah and the baraita pose no d

The Talmud asks: And anywhere that one exerts himself, is the original part nullified by the majority? The Talmud asks: And isn’t there the case of one who sowed a litra of untithed tithe, where he exerts himself to sow it, and it is taught: And that original litra of untithed first tithe that he

§ With regard to the matter itself, R' Ḥanina Tirta’a said that R' Yannai said: With regard to an onion of teruma that one planted, if its growths exceeded its principal, it is permitted. The Talmud asks: Is this to say that growths that are