Commentary for Pesachim 101:1
אי אתה רשאי להתירן בפניהם אמר לו ולאו מי איתמר עלה אמר רב חסדא בכותאי כותאי מאי טעמא משום דמסרכי מילתא הנך אינשי נמי סרכי מילתא
you may not permit it in their presence? Said he to him, Yet was it not stated thereon, R'Hisda said: This refers to Cutheans.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The people whom Shalmaneser settled in Samaria after the deportation of the Ten Tribes. They formally accepted Judaism, but as they retained many heathen practices, their religious status fluctuated, until they were finally declared heathens. In the present passage they are treated as Jews, but so lax as to require special laws.');"><sup>1</sup></span> What is the reason in the case of Cutheans?
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