Commentary for Avodah Zarah 115:6

אי הכי ליתני ימכר כדקתני סיפא חרם עובד כוכבים שהושיט ידו לחבית וכסבור של שמן היא ונמצאת של יין זה היה מעשה ואמרו ימכר תיובתא דרבא תיובתא

If so, let it teach: “He may sell it,” as it teaches in the last clause: If a non-Jewish oppressor put his hand into a cask, thinking that it contained oil, but it chanced to contain wine , this actually happened and [the rabbis] said that it may be sold!"’ This is a refutation of Rava! It is a refutation.

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