Jewish%20thought for Chullin 116:36

ר' יהודה ור' ישמעאל אמרו דבר אחד

R'Ishmael we find in the following Mishnah: The down is to be reckoned<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So as to make up an olive's size. The reference is to Toh. I, 2, and, according to Rashi and the present text of the Gemara is to be explained as follows: If the priest, whilst nipping off the head of a sin-offering of a bird, expressed the intention of eating an olive's bulk of it at the improper time, and this olive's bulk was made up partly of the flesh and partly of the down of the bird, it would be piggul (v. Glos.) , and he would be liable to the penalty of Kareth. In MS.M. and in the old editions, as evidenced by the views of R. Gershom, Tosaf., R. Samson and others, there are found the words 'the law of uncleanness' in place of the words in our text 'the law of piggul'. The interpretation accordingly is as follows: R. Ishmael holds that the down is to be reckoned together with the flesh so as to make the size of an egg - this being the minimum size - in order to convey uncleanness. In other words the down is deemed to be a foodstuff as the flesh.');">¹⁹</span>

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