Halakhah for Chullin 177:12
קשה גזל הנאכל שאפילו צדיקים גמורים אינן יכולין להחזירו שנאמר
R'Johanan said in the name of R'Eleazar son of R'Simeon, Wherever you find the words of R'Eleazar the son of R'Jose the Galilean in an Aggadah make your ear like a funnel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To receive the teaching; like the funnel or hopper at the top of the mill to receive the grain.');"><sup>10</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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