Commentary for Meilah 40:4
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he is permitted to eat gourds; R'Akiba holds, he is forbidden.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ned. 54a. Cf. ibid. as to R. Akiba's reason. In this instance, which is parallel to that of our Mishnah, R. Akiba holds that gourds are not regarded as essentially different from herbs, although consultation would be required for such deviation from the original order. The following discussion is recorded there with little variation.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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