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We learned on yesterday’s daf that when something non-kosher falls into a pot with kosher food, the mixture will be permitted if the kosher food is at least 60 times the volume of the non-kosher food.
However, if the prohibited food is the type whose taste prevails even when outnumbered by sixty times its amount, the prohibited food remains prohibited, no matter what the proportions may be.
The Gemara on our daf tells stories that appear to raise doubts about that ruling.
In several places in the Torah, the Gemara discusses whether only the physical prohibited substance is forbidden, or whether its taste is likewise prohibited. This principle is known as ta'am ke-ikkar ("taste is like the substance"), meaning that the flavor of a prohibited food has the same legal status as the prohibited food itself.
We explore this doctrine through the Talmudic discussions and the interpretations of the medieval commentators (the Rishonim), focusing on five biblical contexts in which it appears.