Mesorat%20hashas for Eruvin 63:7

אמר רב ששת מנא אמינא לה דתניא האשה שיש עליה לידה או זיבה מביאה מעות ונותנת בשופר וטובלת ואוכלת בקדשים לערב מאי טעמא לאו משום דאמרינן חזקה שליח עושה שליחותו

Now what is the reason?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why the woman may eat consecrated food though she had not herself witnessed the offering of her sacrifice.');">²⁰</span> Is it not because we hold that it is a legal presumption that an agent<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In this case the priests whose duty it is to purchase the necessary sacrifices on behalf of the donors.');">²¹</span> carries out his mission?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Obviously we do, it being presumed that before the day is over the priests will have purchased the sacrifice and offered it up. This proves that even in respect of a Pentateuchal law such a presumption is justified.');">²²</span> And R'Nahman?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How could he maintain his ruling in view of this argument.');">²³</span>

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