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A Prohibited Substance Mixed In, Whose Taste Is Discernible

Question

A prohibited liquid became mixed with a permitted liquid; there is sixty times as much permitted liquid against it, but the taste of the prohibited substance is discernible (it is not a sharp substance).

Answer

Shalom u’verachah 

The food is forbidden to eat. 

This is because the entire law of nullification in sixty is an estimation that at this ratio there is no taste. 

Answered 19 August 2026 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Source

Chochmat Adam, Sha’ar Issur VeHeter, Klal 51, Section 28
For as long as the taste is discernible, nullification is not applicable. 

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