Responsa for Zevachim 80:1
אמין שבאצבע בדם שיהא בדם שיעור טבילה מעיקרא וטבל ולא מספג
<br> if there is a wart on the finger it is fit. 'In the blood' [teaches] that there must be sufficient blood for dipping at the outset. 'And he shall dip' [teaches] but not sponge up. Now it is necessary to write both 'and he shall dip' and 'in the blood'. For if the Divine Law wrote, 'and he shall dip' [only], I would say, even where there is insufficient for dipping in the first place; therefore the Divine Law wrote, 'in the blood'. And if the Divine Law wrote 'in the blood' [only], I would say [that] he may even sponge it up; therefore the Divine Law wrote, 'and he shall dip'.
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. Dough of a Gentile [which is exempt from the law of Hallah] was mixed with a piece of dough belonging to a Jew which by itself, was sufficient to become subject to the law of Hallah. How can the Jew take Hallah for, or from, the mixture?
A. In order to make sure that he takes Hallah from dough that is subject to that law, the Jew must take as Hallah a piece that is larger than the Gentile's dough.
SOURCES: Cr. 40; Pr. 423; P. 225; cf. Am I, 59.
A. In order to make sure that he takes Hallah from dough that is subject to that law, the Jew must take as Hallah a piece that is larger than the Gentile's dough.
SOURCES: Cr. 40; Pr. 423; P. 225; cf. Am I, 59.
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