Mesorat%20hashas for Avodah Zarah 52:5

מיתיבי אכל פרעוש אחד או יתוש אחד הרי זה מומר והא הכא דלהכעיס הוא וקתני מומר התם בעי למיטעם טעמא דאיסורא

They objected: If one eats a flea or a gnat he is an apostate. Now here this must have been done to provoke, and yet we are taught that he is merely an apostate! Even in there he may just be trying to see what a forbidden thing tastes like.

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