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אמר אביי: רבי אליעזר בן יעקב ורבי עקיבא ורבי יוחנן בן נורי כולהו סבירא להו חמץ בפסח אסור בהנאה, ובהא פליגי, דרבי עקיבא סבר: לפי דמים משלם, ורבי יוחנן בן נורי סבר: לפי מדה משלם.
Abaye said: R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov, R' Akiva, and R' Yoḥanan ben Nuri all hold that it is forbidden to derive benefit from leavened bread during Passover. And they disagree with regard to the following issue: R' Akiva holds that one pays according to the monetary value, and therefore he need not pay anything for consuming teruma of leavened bread during Passover. And R' Yoḥanan ben Nuri holds that one pays according to the measure of teruma that he consumed, such that even if he ate teruma of leavened bread on Passover he must repay this amount.
פשיטא! מהו דתימא: רבי יוחנן בן נורי נמי כרבי עקיבא סבירא ליה, דאמר לפי דמים משלם. והתם היינו טעמא דקא מחייב — משום דסבר לה כרבי יוסי הגלילי, דאמר: חמץ בפסח מותר בהנאה, קא משמע לן.
The Talmud asks: Isn’t this obvious? There does not seem to be another way to explain these opinions. The Talmud rejects this question: This statement is necessary lest you say that R' Yoḥanan ben Nuri also holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva that states that one must pay according to the monetary value of the teruma. And there, in the case of leavened bread, this is the reason that R' Yoḥanan ben Nuri deems him liable to pay for the teruma because he holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei HaGelili, who said: It is permissible to derive benefit from leavened bread during Passover. Therefore, he teaches us that R' Yoḥanan ben Nuri agrees that one may not derive benefit from leavened bread during Passover.
ואימא הכי נמי? אם כן, נהדר ליה רבי יוחנן בן נורי לרבי עקיבא כי היכי דמהדר ליה רבי אלעזר חסמא לרבי אליעזר בן יעקב.
The Talmud suggests: And say it is indeed so, that R' Yoḥanan ben Nuri accepts R' Yosei HaGelili’s position. The Talmud rejects this possibility: If this was the case, then R' Yoḥanan ben Nuri should have responded to R' Akiva in the same way that R' Elazar Ḥisma responded to R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov, by saying that this leavened bread may be fed to a dog thus deriving benefit from it. Since he did not offer this answer, it is clear that he agrees that deriving benefit from leavened bread during Passover is forbidden.