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תרבא דאטמא במר דכנתא, קנסיה רבא לזבוני אפילו אמגוזי. אמר ליה רב פפא לרבא: כמאן? כרבי יהודה? אי כרבי יהודה, אפילו מים ומלח נמי!
fat of the kidney adjacent to the thigh, which is forbidden, in place of fat of the intestines, which is permitted. Rava penalized him and prohibited him even from selling nuts. Rav Pappa said to Rava: In accordance with which opinion in the Mishnah is your ruling? It must be in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda. If it is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, then you should prohibit this butcher from selling even water and salt.
לעולם רבי שמעון, ובאיסורא דגופיה קנסינן ליה. סתם דרדקי גרו באמגוזי, ואזיל ומשבש לבני טבחי, וגרי להו באמגוזי, ומייתו ליה תרבא דאטמא, ומזבין ליה במר דכנתא.
Rava replied: Actually, my ruling is in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon, who holds that one is suspected only about those items that are related to the prohibition in question. And we are in fact penalizing him with regard to items related to the prohibition itself. How so? Ordinary children are enticed by nuts, and that individual went and misled the children of butchers and enticed them with nuts, and they brought him fat of the kidney that is adjacent to the thigh, and he sold it as though it were fat of the intestines.
מתני׳ החשוד על השביעית — אינו חשוד על המעשרות, החשוד על המעשרות — אינו חשוד על השביעית. החשוד על זה ועל זה — חשוד על הטהרות, ויש שהוא חשוד על הטהרות — ואינו חשוד לא על זה ולא על זה. זה הכלל: החשוד על דבר — לא דנו ולא מעידו.
Mishnah: One who is suspect with regard to the Sabbatical Year is not suspect with regard to tithes; and likewise, one who is suspect with regard to tithes is not suspect with regard to the Sabbatical Year. One who is suspect with regard to this, the Sabbatical Year, or with regard to that, tithes, is suspect with regard to selling ritually impure foods as though they were ritually pure items. But there are those who are suspect with regard to ritually pure items who are not suspect with regard to this, the Sabbatical Year, nor with regard to that, tithes. This is the principle with regard to these matters: Anyone who is suspect with regard to a specific matter may neither adjudicate cases nor testify in cases involving that matter.