## Avodah Zarah Daf 65b

###### Avodah Zarah 65b:1
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הֲוָה שָׁפֵיךְ לְהוּ חַמְרָא לְגוֹיִם, וְאָזֵיל מְעַבַּר לְהוּ מַעְבָּרָא, וְיָהֲבוּ לֵיהּ גּוּלְפֵי בְּאַגְרָא. אֲתוֹ אֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ לְאַבָּיֵי, אֲמַר לְהוּ: כִּי קָא טָרַח — בְּהֶתֵּירָא קָא טָרַח.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**would pour wine** which he sold **to gentiles** into their wineskins **and go** and **ferry them over the crossing, and they would give him** the **jugs** in which the wine had been stored **as payment.** The jugs that the wine had been stored in were included in the sale, and the gentiles would pay him by returning the jugs. People **came** and **told Abaye** that Rav Ika was accepting a wage from the wine of gentiles. Abaye **said to them: When he labored, he labored with permitted** wine, since he was pouring kosher wine into the wineskins, and only subsequently the wine was rendered forbidden by being in the possession of the gentiles.


###### Avodah Zarah 65b:2
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וְהָא רוֹצֶה בְּקִיּוּמוֹ, דְּלָא נִצְטְרוֹ זִיקֵי! דְּמַתְנֵי בַּהֲדַיְיהוּ? אִי נָמֵי, דְּמַיְיתוּ (פְּרִיסְדְּקֵי) [פַּרְדִּיסְקֵי] בַּהֲדַיְיהוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But doesn’t he desire the preservation of** the wine in the wineskins in **that the wineskins should not be torn,** as he would then need to return the jugs he received in payment? The Gemara answers: It is a case **where he stipulated with** the gentile purchasers that even if the wineskins were to tear it would be at their expense and not his, and he would keep the jugs in any event. **Alternatively,** it is a case **where** the gentile purchasers **brought barrels [*perisdakei*] with them,** so that they could pour the wine into them should the wineskins be torn.


###### Avodah Zarah 65b:3
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וְהָא קָא מְעַבַּר לְהוּ מַעְבָּרָא, דְּקָא טָרַח בְּאִיסּוּרָא! דַּאֲמַר לֵיהּ לְמַבָּרוֹיָא מֵעִיקָּרָא, אִי נָמֵי, דִּנְקִיטִי בֵּיהּ קִיטְרֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But didn’t he ferry them over the crossing, which is laboring with forbidden** wine? The Gemara answers: This is not a case where he was ferrying the wine over the crossing himself, **as he** made an arrangement with the ferrymen and **said to the ferryman initially** that the latter would ferry the buyers and the barrels without payment. **Alternatively,** it was a case **where he held** special signal **knots in** collusion with the ferryman that he would ferry these people without payment. In any event, he was not laboring for them himself.


###### Avodah Zarah 65b:4
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**מַתְנִי׳** יֵין נֶסֶךְ שֶׁנָּפַל עַל גַּבֵּי עֲנָבִים — יַדִּיחֵן וְהֵן מוּתָּרוֹת, וְאִם הָיוּ מְבוּקָּעוֹת — אֲסוּרוֹת. נָפַל עַל גַּבֵּי תְּאֵנִים אוֹ עַל גַּבֵּי תְּמָרִים, אִם יֵשׁ בָּהֶן בְּנוֹתֵן טַעַם — אָסוּר. וּמַעֲשֶׂה בְּבַיְתוֹס בֶּן זוּנֵן שֶׁהֵבִיא גְּרוֹגְרוֹת בִּסְפִינָה, וְנִשְׁתַּבְּרָה חָבִית שֶׁל יֵין נֶסֶךְ וְנָפַל עַל גַּבֵּיהֶן, וְשָׁאַל לַחֲכָמִים וְהִתִּירוּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** In the case of **wine** used for **a libation that fell on grapes, one rinses them and they are permitted. But if** the grapes **were cracked, they are forbidden.** In a case where the wine **fell on figs or on dates, if there is** sufficient wine **in them to impart flavor, they are forbidden. And** there was **an incident involving Boethus ben Zunen, who transported dried figs in a ship, and a barrel of wine** used for **a libation broke and fell on them, and he asked the Sages** as to the *halakha*, **and** the Sages **deemed** the figs **permitted.**


###### Avodah Zarah 65b:5
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זֶה הַכְּלָל: כֹּל שֶׁבַּהֲנָאָתוֹ בְּנוֹתֵן טַעַם — אָסוּר, כֹּל שֶׁאֵין בַּהֲנָאָתוֹ בְּנוֹתֵן טַעַם — מוּתָּר, כְּגוֹן חוֹמֶץ שֶׁנָּפַל עַל גַּבֵּי גְּרִיסִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**This is the principle: Anything that benefits** from a forbidden item **imparting flavor** to it, i.e., the forbidden item contributes a positive taste to it, is **forbidden,** and **anything that does not benefit** from a forbidden item **imparting flavor** to it is **permitted, such as** forbidden **vinegar that fell onto** split **beans,** as the flavor imparted by the vinegar does not enhance the taste of the beans.


###### Avodah Zarah 65b:6
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**גְּמָ׳** מַעֲשֶׂה לִסְתּוֹר? חַסּוֹרֵי מִיחַסְּרָא, וְהָכִי קָתָנֵי: אִם נוֹתֵן טַעַם לִפְגָם הוּא — מוּתָּר, וּמַעֲשֶׂה נָמֵי בְּבַיְתוֹס בֶּן זוּנֵן שֶׁהָיָה מֵבִיא גְּרוֹגְרוֹת בִּסְפִינָה, וְנִשְׁתַּבְּרָה חָבִית שֶׁל יֵין נֶסֶךְ וְנָפַל עַל גַּבֵּיהֶן, וּבָא מַעֲשֶׂה לִפְנֵי חֲכָמִים וְהִתִּירוּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara asks with regard to the incident related in the mishna: Was **an incident** cited **to contradict** the *halakha* stated immediately before it? The Gemara answers: The mishna **is incomplete, and this** is what **it is teaching: If** the wine **imparts flavor to** the **detriment** of the mixture, the food is **permitted. And** there was **also an incident involving Boethus ben Zunen, who was transporting dried figs in a ship, and a barrel of wine** used for **a libation broke and fell on them, and the incident came before the Sages, and** the Sages **deemed** the figs **permitted** because the flavor given by the wine did not enhance their taste but was instead to their detriment.


###### Avodah Zarah 65b:7
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הָהוּא (כרי) [כַּרְיָא] דְּחִיטֵּי דִּנְפַל עֲלֵיהּ חָבִיתָא דְּיֵין נֶסֶךְ, שַׁרְיֵיהּ רָבָא לְזַבּוֹנֵיהּ לְגוֹיִם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates: There was an incident involving **a certain heap of wheat upon which a barrel of wine** used for **a libation fell. Rava permitted selling it to gentiles,** as deriving benefit from it is not prohibited.


###### Avodah Zarah 65b:8
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אֵיתִיבֵיהּ רַבָּה בַּר לֵיוַאי לְרָבָא: בֶּגֶד שֶׁאָבַד בּוֹ כִּלְאַיִם, הֲרֵי זֶה לֹא יִמְכְּרֶנָּה לְגוֹי, וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂנָּה מַרְדַּעַת לַחֲמוֹר, אֲבָל עוֹשֶׂה אוֹתוֹ תַּכְרִיכִין לְמֵת מִצְוָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabba bar Livai raised an objection to Rava** from a *baraita*: With regard to **a garment in which diverse kinds,** a prohibited mixture of wool and linen, **have been lost,** i.e., it is known that linen fibers became mixed into a woolen garment but they cannot be detected and removed, **one may not sell** the garment **to a gentile, nor fashion it** into **a saddlecloth for a donkey, but one may make it** into **shrouds for a corpse with no one to bury it [*met mitzva*],** as a corpse is not obligated in the observance of mitzvot.


###### Avodah Zarah 65b:9
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לְגוֹי מַאי טַעְמָא לָא? דִּלְמָא אָתֵי לְזַבּוֹנֵיהּ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, הָכָא נָמֵי אָתֵי לְזַבּוֹנֵיהּ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabba bar Livai asked: **What is the reason** that it is **not** permitted to sell it **to a gentile? Perhaps he will come to sell it to a Jew,** who will not know that it is forbidden. **Here too,** with regard to the wheat, the gentile purchasers **may come to sell it to a Jew,** who is prohibited from consuming it.


###### Avodah Zarah 65b:10
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הֲדַר שְׁרָא לְמִיטְּחִינְהוּ וְלִמְפִינְהוּ וּלְזַבּוֹנִינְהוּ לְגוֹיִם, שֶׁלֹּא בִּפְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rava then **retracted** his decision and **permitted grinding** the wheat **and baking** bread with **it and selling it to gentiles not in the presence of Jews.** In this manner, Jews will not be likely to buy bread from the gentiles, as the bread of gentiles is forbidden to Jews.


###### Avodah Zarah 65b:11
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תְּנַן: יֵין נֶסֶךְ שֶׁנָּפַל עַל גַּבֵּי עֲנָבִים — יַדִּיחֵן וְהֵן מוּתָּרוֹת, וְאִם הָיוּ מְבוּקָּעוֹת — אֲסוּרוֹת. מְבוּקָּעוֹת — אִין, שֶׁאֵין מְבוּקָּעוֹת — לָא. אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא: שָׁאנֵי חִיטֵּי, הוֹאִיל וְאַגַּב צִירַיְיהוּ כִּמְבוּקָּעוֹת דָּמְיָין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**We learned** in the mishna: In the case of **wine** used for **a libation that fell on grapes, one rinses them and they are permitted. But if** the grapes **were cracked, they are forbidden.** The Gemara infers: If the grapes are **cracked,** they **are** forbidden, but grapes **that are not cracked** are **not** forbidden. If so, what is the cause for concern in the case where wine spilled on the wheat? It should be sufficient to rinse the wheat. **Rav Pappa said: Wheat is different, since, because of its slits,** its status is **similar to** that of grapes that are **cracked.**