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says: One considers the upper circles of dried figs as though they are separate pieces, rather than one unit. And the lower ones, which were there beforehand and have certainly been tithed, nullify the upper ones, as there are enough circles of figs in the entire jug to nullify the upper litra.
In contrast, R' Yehoshua says: If there are 100 mouths of different jugs or circular vessels there, the prohibited litra of untithed figs on the mouth of one of the vessels is nullified by a ratio of one part of prohibited figs to 100 parts of similar, permitted figs. And if not, all of the circle
R' Yehuda says a different version of the dispute. R' Eliezer says: If there are 100 mouths of vessels with permitted figs present there, in addition to the prohibited one, it is nullified by the 100 permitted mouths. And if not, the figs at the mouths are prohibited and those at the bottom are per
The same Mishnah further states: If one pressed the litra of figs into a circular vessel but he does not know into which circular vessel he pressed it, everyone agrees that the prohibited fig cakes are nullified. The Talmud expresses surprise at this statement: Everyone agrees? This is the very mat
Rav Pappa said: This is what the tanna said, i.e., he meant the following: One pressed it onto a circular vessel but does not know onto which place, which side of the circular vessel he pressed it, whether on its north or on its south side. In this case, as the prohibited litra is not located in a