Related%20passage for Bava Batra 188:1

אימא סיפא רבי יוסי אומר יבור

explain the last clause [of the Mishnah quoted, which reads]. R. Jose says: He shall pick out [all]. This would be correct if you assumed [that a quarter of a <i>kab</i> in <i>kilayim</i> is] like [a quantity of] more than a quarter [of a <i>kab</i>] of refuse. For their<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That of R. Jose and the first Tanna. ');">¹</span> dispute could [then be said to] depend on [the following principles]. The first Tanna might hold the opinion that a penalty is not imposed on a permitted thing for the sake of a prohibited one, and R. Jose might hold the opinion that a penalty may thus be imposed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the prohibition is Biblical. ');">²</span> But if it is said that [a quarter of a <i>kab</i> of <i>kilayim</i> is] like a quarter [of refuse], why should he pick?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And thus add one Rabbinical restriction to another: first restriction, reduction to less than a quarter; second restriction, picking out all foreign matter. Even the law requiring reduction is not Biblical, but Rabbinical. Is one Rabbinical restriction not enough that R. Jose must add to it another? ');">³</span>

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