Sheviis 8:10 — Bread of Kutim; Rabbi Akiva's silence

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נושא · Topicפַּת כּוּתִיםBread of Kutim; Rabbi Akiva's silence
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Mishnah שביעית ח׳:י׳ · Sheviis 8:10
וְעוֹד אָמְרוּ לְפָנָיו,
אוֹמֵר הָיָה רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר,
הָאוֹכֵל פַּת כּוּתִים כְּאוֹכֵל בְּשַׂר חֲזִיר.
אָמַר לָהֶם,
שְׁתֹקוּ,
לֹא אוֹמַר לָכֶם מַה שֶּׁרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר בּוֹ:
And further they said before him:
used to say Rabbi Eliezer -
one who eats the bread of Kutim is like one who eats pig meat.
He said to them:
Be silent;
I will not tell you what Rabbi Eliezer says about it:
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Bread of Kutim; Rabbi Akiva's silence▾
CaseRulingReason
What of eating the bread of the Kutim (the Samaritans)?Rabbi Eliezer: Like eating pig meat—
And when they reported this too before Rabbi Akiva?Rabbi Akiva: Be silent — I will not tell you what Rabbi Eliezer says about it—
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