Commentary for Chullin 195:17
אטו דהיתרא בלע דאיסורא לא בלע
Moreover, R'Johanan has declared that half the legal quantity [of a forbidden matter] is forbidden by the law of the Torah'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The sixty-fold standard must be adhered to even though there was only half an olive's bulk of the forbidden substance, for, according to R. Johanan, even this quantity is forbidden by the Torah, v. Yoma 73b. The minimum legal quantity of an olive's bulk is necessary only to render the offender liable to stripes.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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