Reference for Yoma 169:2
אם רוב כותיים כותי למאי הילכתא אמר רב פפא להאכילו נבלות אם רוב ישראל ישראל למאי הילכתא להחזיר לו אבידתו
'If the majority are heathens, it is considered a heathen'. For what practical law [is this taught]? - Said Papa: To give it to eat carrion.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the flesh of an animal that either died a natural death, or in the course of the ritual slaughter in which some irregularity occurred. An Israelite bound by the ritual could not partake thereof, whereas a non-Israelite could eat it.');"><sup>3</sup></span> 'If the majority are Israelites, it is considered an Israelite' - For what practical purpose [is this taught]?
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