In today’s daf, Menachot 22, we have a Mishnah that I don’t feel has anything to do with nullification and min bemino (like kinds), but which is taken to be about min bemino. Before we get there, I’ll note my earlier article about Rabbi Yehuda’s Scientific Nullification:
Really appreciate how clearly this challanges the bittul interpretation. The shift from consistency as a ritual requirment to nullification seems like a layer the Narrator added rather than whats actualy in the Mishnah. I once tried explaining halakhic mixturs to someone unfamiliar with Talmud and realized how much we assume concepts that might be anachronistic. The way Rava's statement migrates across sugyot is fascianting evidence for how interpretive frameworks can reshape our reading of earlier material.
Really appreciate how clearly this challanges the bittul interpretation. The shift from consistency as a ritual requirment to nullification seems like a layer the Narrator added rather than whats actualy in the Mishnah. I once tried explaining halakhic mixturs to someone unfamiliar with Talmud and realized how much we assume concepts that might be anachronistic. The way Rava's statement migrates across sugyot is fascianting evidence for how interpretive frameworks can reshape our reading of earlier material.