Commentary for Avodah Zarah 79:7
א"ר ירמיה מדפתי לדידי אמר לי רב פפי כי שרא רב הונא בר חיננא בצירן אבל בגופן לא אמר רב אשי לדידי אמר לי רב פפא כי שרא רב הונא בר חיננא אפי' בגופן
R. Yirmiyah of Difti said: R. Papi told me that R. Huna b. Hinnena allowed only the brine but did not allow eating the fish itself. R. Ashi said: R. Papa told me that R. Huna b. Hinnena even allowed the fish to be eaten; but as for myself,
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
According to R. Papi, R. Huna allowed only the brine. He did not allow the eating of the fish itself. But R. Papa said that R. Huna was more lenient—even the fish could be eaten. R. Ashi is torn. On the one hand, he respects what R. Papa says, so he cannot rule strictly. Only the other hand, he has a tradition attributed to Ulla according to which the fish itself cannot be eaten unless the head and backbone of each fish is recognizable. So R. Ashi is left paralyzed, and cannot issue a directive one way or the other.
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