Related%20passage for Eruvin 58:3

תנו רבנן לא יאכל אדם בצל מפני נחש שבו ומעשה ברבי חנינא שאכל חצי בצל וחצי נחש שבו וחלה ונטה למות ובקשו חביריו רחמים עליו וחיה מפני שהשעה צריכה לו:

obvious? For what [difference is there in this respect] between it and dye-water concerning which we learned: R'Jose ruled: Dye-water of a quantity of three log renders a ritual bath ineffectual?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mik. VII, 3, Mak. 3b.');">⁹</span> -It may be replied: There<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mik. VII, 3, Mak. 3b.');">⁹</span> [the liquid] is called dye-water<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It still bears the name of 'water' though it is dyed.');">¹⁰</span> but here it is called beer.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Had not R. Zera land down his ruling it might well have been assumed that the law of beer is different from that of water.');">¹¹</span>

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