Commentary for Kiddushin 77:7

אמר רבי אסי אמר רבי יוחנן לוקין על הכלאים דבר תורה אמר ליה רבי אלעזר בר' יוסי והאנן תנן הכלאים מדברי סופרים לא קשיא כאן בכלאי הכרם כאן בהרכבת האילן

Said R'Zera to R'Assi: But we learnt: Doubtful 'orlah is forbidden in the Land but permitted in Syria.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But if certain 'orlah is forbidden in the Diaspora by Mosaic law, how can we be lenient in doubtful 'orlah? (It is a general principle that when in doubt, we are stringent if the law is Biblical or Mosaic, lenient if it is only Rabbinical) .');">¹³</span> He was momentarily non - plussed;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Lit., 'was appalled for a who', quoted from Dan. IV, 26.]');">¹⁴</span> [then] he answered him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or possibly, the questioner himself suggested it.');">¹⁵</span>

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