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# Chametz on Pesach and foods use to serve Avoda Zara can not be nullified in any amount. <Ref>S”A OC 447, S”A YD 140 </ref> | # Chametz on Pesach and foods use to serve Avoda Zara can not be nullified in any amount. <Ref>S”A OC 447, S”A YD 140 </ref> | ||
# A complete creature or limb, a piece of meat which is suitable to serve guests, items which are always sold by unit (eggs which are sold by the dozen), and a prominent item (that Chazal specified) can not be nullified. <Ref> S”A YD 100, 101, S’A and Rama 110:1</ref> According to Ashkenazim a piece of meat which would be suitable to serve guests after being cooked is not able to be nullified and according to Sephardim only a piece of meat which is suitable to serve guests as of now (meaning, that it is cooked) is not able to be nullified. <Ref>S”A and Rama 101:3, Taz 101:5 </ref> | # A complete creature or limb, a piece of meat which is suitable to serve guests, items which are always sold by unit (eggs which are sold by the dozen), and a prominent item (that Chazal specified) can not be nullified. <Ref> S”A YD 100, 101, S’A and Rama 110:1</ref> According to Ashkenazim a piece of meat which would be suitable to serve guests after being cooked is not able to be nullified and according to Sephardim only a piece of meat which is suitable to serve guests as of now (meaning, that it is cooked) is not able to be nullified. <Ref>S”A and Rama 101:3, Taz 101:5 </ref> | ||
==Intentional Bitul== | |||
# It's forbidden to intentionally mix forbidden food into permissible food so that it should become nullified. <ref>Gemara Beitzah 4a. Some rishonim consider this prohibition Deoritta while others Derabbanan, see Bet Yosef Y"D 99, Shach 99:7, and Chachmat Adam 52:6 </ref> | |||
# If a forbidden ingredient falls into kosher food one may not increase the ratio of kosher food to non-kosher in order to nullify the non-kosher. <ref> S"A Y"D 99:5 </ref> | |||
# There is a prohibition of benefit to the one who intentionally causes a nullification unless there is an express permit (as certain cases do). Others however may benefit from the mixture if it wasn't done specifically for their sake. <ref> S"A Y"D 99:5 </ref> | |||
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