Commentary for Shabbat 288:1

בפגעין ובפרישין ובעוזרדין אבל לא ברמונים ושל בית מנשיא בר מנחם היו סוחטין ברמונים

plums, quinces and sorb-apples,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because their juice is not normally expressed, and therefore that is not akin to threshing, which is the reason of the prohibition in the case of other fruits. ');">¹</span> but not pomegranates, and [indeed] the household of Menasia b. Menahem used to express pomegranates.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On weekdays, which shows that pomegranates are intended for this. ');">²</span>

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