PEH445

An inquiry is made as to whether one can consume drinks and sweets adulterated with cochineal [insects]. Samuel ben Salomo a'Cathan prohibits this. In his response, he also deals with the question of whether one can deliberately mix forbidden and permitted items. [Ruyssen had already established in 1725, three years before our opinion, that cochineal is an animal.]

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Salem, Salomo