Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Avodah Zarah 61:9

איכא דאמרי א"ר אלעזר הכל משתמר בחותם בתוך חותם חוץ מן היין שאין משתמר בחותם בתוך חותם ורבי יוחנן אמר אפילו יין משתמר בחותם בתוך חותם ותרוייהו כרבנן מר סבר כי פליגי רבנן עליה דר"א בחותם אחד אבל בחותם בתוך חותם שרו ומר סבר אפילו חותם בתוך חותם אסרי

Some say [the following version]: R. Elazar said: Everything is sufficiently guarded by a seal within another seal, except wine which is not guarded even with a seal within a seal. R. Yohanan said: Even wine is guarded by a seal within a seal. Both these follow the opinion of the rabbis, the one holding that the rabbis disagree with R. Eliezer only when there is only one seal, but if there is a seal within another seal they, too, permit it; while the other holds that even in the case of a double seal they forbid.

Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah

This is a more stringent version of the dispute between R. Elazar and R. Yohanan. According to this version, all agree that one seal is not sufficient to ensure that the wine is not touched. The argument is over whether two seals are needed.
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