Commentary for Chullin 207:15

רישא רבנן וסיפא ר"ע

I can only obtain pulse'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it is common knowledge that pulse is not included among vegetables, an agent sent to buy vegetables and not being able to obtain any would certainly not return to his principle and say: 'I can only obtain pulse'. He might as well reply, 'I could only obtain fish or cheese'. Most probably and rightly he would say: 'I could not obtain any vegetables'. The fact that he replies, 'I could only obtain gourds', proves, according to R. Akiba, that they are included among vegetables.');">⁶</span>

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