ג והתם גופה מנלן אמר ריש לקיש וכן תנא דבי ר' ישמעאל וכן תנא דבי ר' אליעזר בן יעקב אמר קרא (דברים טז, ג) לא תאכל עליו חמץ שבעת ימים תאכל עליו מצות לחם עוני דברים הבאים לידי חימוץ אדם יוצא בהן ידי חובתו בפסח יצאו אלו שאין באין לידי חימוץ אלא לידי סירחון:
3 AND THEY CAN BE RECKONED TOGETHER. A Tanna taught: Grain, flour and dough can be reckoned together. In what connection was this taught?R. Kahana said, In connection with the new produce. R. Joseph said, In connection with leaven on the Passover. R. Papa said, In connection with the Second Tithe, thus if one were to eat it outside the wall [of Jerusalem] one would incur stripes. Raba said, In connection with food uncleanness, and it teaches us that grain and flour [in order to contract uncleanness] must be like dough: as the latter is every bit a foodstuff so the former must be every bit a foodstuff. And indeed it has been so taught: The grain of wheat, whether it is peeled or not, is reckoned together with other foodstuffs, but the grain of barley is reckoned together with other foodstuffs only when peeled but not when not peeled. But surely this is not so. For a Tanna of the School of R. Ishmael taught: It is written, Upon any sowing seed which is to be sown; that is, seed such as men take out for sowing, namely wheat in its husk, barley in its husk, and lentils in their husks! - This is no difficulty; for the one speaks of fresh [seeds] whilst the other of dry [seeds]. <br>