Jewish%20thought for Shevuot 42:7

או דלמא בעלמא כרבנן סבירא ליה והכא היינו טעמא הואיל ומפרש חייב סתם נמי חייב

THEY SAID TO R. AKIBA: WHERE DO WE FIND [THAT HE WHO EATS A MINUTE QUANTITY IS LIABLE, etc.]. Can we not? Is there not the ant? A creature is different. Is there not sacred property? - But we require it should be the value of a perutah. Is there not the expressly defined oath? An expressly defined oath is like a creature. Is there not dust? May you then,<br>

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