Commentary for Eruvin 57:5

ולא והתנן כל האוכלין מצטרפין לפסול את הגוויה בחצי פרס ובמזון שתי סעודות לעירוב וכביצה לטמא טומאת אוכלים

- Rut what objection is this? If it be contended: Because it was stated: 'all kinds of food' and these'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Apples.');">¹⁴</span> also are eatable, surely [it could be retorted] did not R Johanan lay down that no inference may be drawn from general rulings even where an exception was been specified?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 27a, Kid. 34a.');">¹⁵</span> - [The objection] rather is because it was stated: 'or [to make up the quantity of] food for two meals required for an 'erub or the size of an egg in respect of imparting food defilement',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since 'erub' and 'food defilement' appear in juxtaposition they are apparently to be compared to one another so that any foodstuffs that are fit for the one are also suitable for the other.');">¹⁶</span>

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