Commentary for Avodah Zarah 52:3
ולישני ליה כאן במומר אוכל נבילות לתיאבון כאן במומר אוכל נבילות להכעיס קסבר אוכל נבילות להכעיס מין הוא
But let him resolve that the one might apply to the kind of apostate who eats carrion to satisfy his appetite, and the other to an apostate who eats carrion to provoke? In his opinion, an apostate eating carrion meat to provoke is the same as a heretic.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
The Talmud asks why we didn’t resolve the contradiction between the two sources. Why did we not say that one must return a lost object to an apostate who eats carrion (meat which had not been slaughtered properly) just because he is hungry, but not to one who eats carrion meat to provoke, because he simply enjoys transgressing?
The resolution is that R. Yohanan considers one who eats carrion to provoke to be a heretic, a word already included in the baraita. “Apostate” must mean one who eats carrion because he is hungry. Therefore the word must be erased.
The resolution is that R. Yohanan considers one who eats carrion to provoke to be a heretic, a word already included in the baraita. “Apostate” must mean one who eats carrion because he is hungry. Therefore the word must be erased.
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