[Avodah] bittul

[Micha Berger]

RET wrote on Mon Feb 16, 12:14 PST:
:I assume that if we know that a piece of treif meat fell in a pot with
: 60 kosher pieces many people would forgo the steak even though
: halachically it is kosher because of bittul. There are even shitot
: that one can eat all 61 pieces (not at once) since each is a safek.
: Again I assume many would forgo that privelege.

I believe this is mistaken. The reality is far more meiqil.

In the usual case of bitul 1/60, you can definitely eat them all. After
all, the gemara's case is a stew -- an inseparable mixture!

The textbook case of what I think RET is thinking of is one piece of
issur falling into two pieces of heter, Chullin 99b-100a. The gemara
rules out gid hanasheh because it's a beryah bifnei atzmah and isn't
batel berov. Also, neveilah, which is re'uyah lehikabeid. Therefore
implying that other issurim would be beteilim berov.

Tosafos (Chullin 100a), Tosafos Rid (BB 31b), Rashba (seen in the BY YD
109) hold that they are only mutar if eaten at separate times.

The Rosh (Chullin ad loc, 7:37) says they can even be eaten at once.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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