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And if it enters your mind that the halakha applies to either a spine or a skull and they are two separate halakhot, these are 7 cases, rather than 6. The Talmud rejects this claim: No proof can be brought from here, as when the tanna teaches this tally he lists 7 items. However, only 6 are fully re
The first explanation is: R' Akiva listed the spine and skull as separate items, but the 6 include anywhere that many rabbis disagree with him, to the exclusion of the case of a bone that is a barley-grain-bulk, as here it is an individual who disagrees with R' Akiva, as it is taught in a Mishnah (
And if you wish, say a different item on the list that is omitted from the tally: When he teaches 6, he includes a limb severed from a corpse, but he does not teach a limb severed from a living person, and that was the case that was not listed.
And if you wish, say a different item on the list that is omitted from the tally: When he teaches 6, he mentions anywhere that a nazirite shaves for his overlaying, i.e., he formed a tent over the remains of a corpse, to the exclusion of the case of a bone that is a barley-grain-bulk, as it does no
And if you wish, say a different item on the list that is omitted from the tally: When he teaches 6, he lists anywhere that R' Akiva retracted his opinion, to the exclusion of 1/4th-log of blood, as he did not retract his opinion in that case, as R' Yehuda HaNasi said to bar Kappara: Do not teach 1/