Commentary for Avodah Zarah 98:5

ואי אשמעינן כרכור בהא קאמרי רבנן אבל פת אימא מודו ליה לר"א צריכא

If he had only informed us of the case of the shuttle, [we might have thought] that the rabbis spoke of this case only, but in the case of a loaf I might have said that they agree with R. Eliezer, that the equivalent of the value of the forbidden loaf or garment can be destroyed. [Therefore both are] necessary.

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