Commentary for Bava Kamma 130:22

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learnt: 'Beth Shammai prohibit [the produce to be used as sacrifices],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 380, n. 15. ');">³⁵</span> whereas Beth Hillel permit it.' Now, what was the reason of Beth Shammai? — Because it is written 'Gam',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.V.: 'even', and which is generally taken as an amplification. ');">³⁶</span> to include their transformations.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., to prohibit even the articles into which the hire was transformed. ');">³⁷</span> But Beth Hillel maintain that [the suffix them]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], 'both of them' (E.V.: 'both these'). ');">³⁸</span> implies <i>'them'</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the original articles themselves. ');">³⁹</span> and not their transformations. And Beth Shammai? — They maintain that the suffix

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