Commentary for Nedarim 116:3

ודלמא במדוכנין חשוד על השביעית קתני ודלמא בתערובת המנכש קתני

— This teaches of one who is suspected of violating the Sabbatical year.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He would not trouble to crush it in order to evade the prohibition. ');">⁹</span> But perhaps it refers to a mixture?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the labourer may eat it only when it is mixed up with other plants, the excess of which nullifies the original forbidden stock. ');">¹⁰</span> — This teaches of one who is engaged in weeding.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The labourer may eat while engaged in the act of weeding, though there is no mixture. Thus this definitely proves that the increase nullifies the original. ');">¹¹</span> Now, shall we say that this refutes R. Johanan and R. Jonathan?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 57b. ');">¹²</span>

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