Commentary for Pesachim 69:10

תא שמע דתניא אמר רבי יוחנן בן נורי אורז מין דגן הוא וחייבין על חימוצו כרת ואדם יוצא בו ידי חובתו בפסח

Whence do we know it? - Said R'Simeon B'Lakish, and thus the School of R'Ishmael taught, and thus the school of R'Eliezer B'Jacob taught, Scripture saith, Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it,' seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XVI, 3.');">¹⁸</span> [with regard to] commodities which come to the state of leaven, a man discharges his obligation with unleavened bread [made] thereof; thus these are excluded, which do not come to the state of leaven but to the state of decay. Our Mishnah does not agree with R'Johanan B'Nuri, who maintains: Rice is a species of corn, and kareth<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');">¹⁹</span>

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