לפי שאין עושין אותה אלא לגוון.
Because it is only made to enhance the color of the food. That does not negate the egg-white as significant food in the sense that it would be considered waste, and therefore, no actual selection is performed.
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לפי שאין עושין אותה אלא לגוון.
Because it is only made to enhance the color of the food. That does not negate the egg-white as significant food in the sense that it would be considered waste, and therefore, no actual selection is performed.
איתמר. חרדל שלשו מערב שבת, למחר, אמר רב: ממחו בכלי אבל לא ביד.
It is stated: With regard to mustard that one kneaded on Friday, on the following day, Shabbat, Rav said: One may dissolve it in wine or water with a vessel, but not with his hand, as using a vessel diverges from the normal method of preparation.
אמר ליה שמואל: (ביד?!) אטו כל יומא ביד ממחו ליה?! מאכל חמורים הוא! אלא אמר שמואל: ממחו ביד ואינו ממחו בכלי.
Shmuel said to him: Why may he not dissolve it with his hand? Is that to say that he dissolves it with his hand every day? If it is prepared in that manner, it is donkey food. Certainly dissolving by hand is not the manner in which mustard is prepared during the week. Therefore, dissolving mustard with a vessel should not be permitted on Shabbat. Rather, Shmuel said the opposite: He may dissolve it with his hand as a divergence from the typical method of preparation, but he may not dissolve it in the usual manner, with a vessel.
אתמר. רבי אלעזר אמר: אחד זה ואחד זה — אסור. ורבי יוחנן אמר: אחד זה ואחד זה — מותר. אביי ורבא דאמרי תרוייהו: אין הלכה כרבי יוחנן.
It is stated that amora’im from Eretz Yisrael also disputed this issue, as R' Elazar said: Both this and that, dissolving by hand and with a vessel, are prohibited; while R' Yoḥanan said: Both this and that are permitted. Abaye and Rava both said: The halakha is not in accordance with the lenient opinion of R' Yoḥanan.
קם רבי יוחנן בשיטתיה דרבי אלעזר, קם רבי אלעזר בשיטתיה דשמואל. אביי ורבא דאמרי תרוייהו: הלכה כרבי יוחנן.
Subsequently, R' Yoḥanan stood and adopted the opinion of R' Elazar and prohibited both methods of dissolving. R' Elazar stood and adopted the opinion of Shmuel, who prohibited using a vessel but permitted it by hand. Given these stances, Abaye and Rava both said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yoḥanan, who prohibited both methods.
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