Q&A: The Law of a Whole Creature
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The Law of a Whole Creature
Question
Hello Rabbi,
It is well known that there is a rule that a whole creature is not nullified in sixty. Seemingly, from the Talmudic passage in Avodah Zarah 69a, it appears that a mouse is nullified in sixty, and a mouse is obviously a whole creature. I have not found an answer that settles my mind.
Thank you very much.
Answer
I did not understand. The flavor of a whole creature is nullified, so when there is nullification in sixty, the whole creature is nullified. What is said that a whole creature is not nullified applies only to the actual forbidden substance itself, not to its flavor. That is straightforward.