Responsa for Chullin 215:17
אי דנפל ברוטב רכה הכי נמי הכא במאי עסקינן דנפל ברוטב עבה
For Raba said: R'Judah is of the opinion that where one kind is mixed with a like kind and also with a different kind, you disregard the like kind as if it were not there, and if the different kind is more [than the forbidden substance] it will neutralize it!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 100b. In our Mishnah, therefore, according to this view, even though the one piece is rendered forbidden as nebelah, and the other pieces in the pot are to be disregarded for they are of like kind, the broth, if there is sufficient of it, should neutralize the forbidden piece, for broth and flesh are different kinds.');"><sup>14</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A drop of milk fell upon the outside of a boiling pot of meat. The volume of the pot and its contents was more than sixty times that of the milk. Are the contents of the pot as well as the pot itself fit for use?
A. In France I witnessed a great controversy over this matter. But, at the time, I failed to inquire into the reasons of both those who permitted and those who forbade the use of the pot and its contents. I also discovered that Ri forbade the use of the pot and its contents, probably for the reason that the drop of milk first rendered the pot unfit for use, and the pot, in turn, rendered its contents unfit for use.
SOURCES: L. 121. Cf. Mord., Hulin, 679; P. 515; Hag. Maim., Maakalot Asurot 9, 3; Asher, Responsa 20, 26; Sefer Haparnes 19.
A. In France I witnessed a great controversy over this matter. But, at the time, I failed to inquire into the reasons of both those who permitted and those who forbade the use of the pot and its contents. I also discovered that Ri forbade the use of the pot and its contents, probably for the reason that the drop of milk first rendered the pot unfit for use, and the pot, in turn, rendered its contents unfit for use.
SOURCES: L. 121. Cf. Mord., Hulin, 679; P. 515; Hag. Maim., Maakalot Asurot 9, 3; Asher, Responsa 20, 26; Sefer Haparnes 19.
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