Responsa for Zevachim 192:16
רבה בר עולא אמר לא צריכא אלא לדאמר מר מריקה ושטיפה בצונן הא אפי' בחמין
this however is done in hot water.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., hag'alah alone suffices.');"><sup>30</sup></span> That is well on the view that scouring and rinsing must be done in cold [water]; but on the view that the scouring is in hot water and the rinsing in cold,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And that nothing else is required.');"><sup>31</sup></span> what can be said?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For scouring in hot water is ordinary hag'alah, and terumah too necessitates that.');"><sup>32</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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Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A drop of milk fell on the outside of a (meat) pot covering the greater part of it. Are the pot and its contents fit for use?
A. Rabbenu Samson permits its use while Ri forbids it. Ri bases his opinion on the fact that a drop of milk does not spread over the whole pot, and since the part of the pot affected is not sixty times the volume of the milk, the milk is not neutralized. Therefore, even according to Ri if one could gage the volume of the milk and find a ratio of one to sixty to the volume of the part of the pot affected, the milk would be neutralized. In any event, if the loss be an appreciable one, or the enjoyment of the Sabbath or a holiday be involved, one may be lenient, in view of R. Samson's opinion.
SOURCES: P. 515; Mord., Hulin, 679; cf. L. 121; Asher, Responsa 20, 26; Sefer Haparnes 19.
A. Rabbenu Samson permits its use while Ri forbids it. Ri bases his opinion on the fact that a drop of milk does not spread over the whole pot, and since the part of the pot affected is not sixty times the volume of the milk, the milk is not neutralized. Therefore, even according to Ri if one could gage the volume of the milk and find a ratio of one to sixty to the volume of the part of the pot affected, the milk would be neutralized. In any event, if the loss be an appreciable one, or the enjoyment of the Sabbath or a holiday be involved, one may be lenient, in view of R. Samson's opinion.
SOURCES: P. 515; Mord., Hulin, 679; cf. L. 121; Asher, Responsa 20, 26; Sefer Haparnes 19.
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