Responsa על זבחים 192:14
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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