Commentary for Sotah 57:9

אימא סיפא (ויקרא ז, יט) והבשר כל טהור יאכל בשר ודאי טהור הוא דיאכל בשר הא ספק טמא וספק טהור לא יאכל

does not accept the analogy of the husband and paramour; and even if he accepted it, a teaching which is deducible by <i>a fortiori</i> reasoning Scripture took the trouble to write down.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So the fact that the rule could be arrived at by deduction does not obviate R. Akiba's contention that it is based on a text. ');">⁹</span>

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