Reference for Gittin 112:6

והוא סבר דלמא כולי האי לא עביד והצלה פורתא נמי לא הוי

He ought to have said to him: We take a pair of tongs and grip the snake and kill it, and leave the jar intact.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So they were waiting for some opportunity to get rid of the biryoni. ');">⁶</span>

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