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On our daf Reish Lakish issued a statement from which the Gemara derived three conclusions.
The second conclusion is that a prohibited food which mixes with a permitted food and gives flavor to the mixture forbids the entire combination. This is true even if the permitted item is the majority of the mixture.
Reish Lakish says that this principle is rabbinic, and not from the Torah. Rava cites a Mishnah (Challah 3:7) to challenge this conclusion. A dough is made from wheat and rice.
Even if the majority of the loaf is rice, if the taste of the loaf is wheat the loaf may be used to fulfill one’s obligation to eat matzah on Pesach.
We explore the principle of min b’mino and especially the controversy over kosher milk in the US.