Halakhah for Chullin 177:11
א"ר אבא
R'Abba said: Grave indeed is theft that has been consumed, for even the perfect righteous cannot make amends for it, as it is said: Save only that which the young men have eaten.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XIV, 24. Abraham could not restore or make good that which had been wrongfully eaten by the young men.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Treasures Hidden in the Sand
1. The color of the body of the Hillazon resembles the color of the sea as the Rabbis in Tractate Menachot (44A) taught that the color of the Hillazon resembles the color of the sea. Rashi explains that the Hillazon emerges from the sea and the Techelet resembles the sea, that is to say that the sea it is found in and that it emerges from is the cause of its color.
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