WARNING: Rabbinic thread (attn @JYuter)
The Mishnah categorizes a cooked meat-dairy mixture ("basar b'halav") as "to be buried," which, unlike the "to be burned" objects, can never become permitted, even for non-eating benefit (e.g. selling or using on one's body).
The Mishnah categorizes a cooked meat-dairy mixture ("basar b'halav") as "to be buried," which, unlike the "to be burned" objects, can never become permitted, even for non-eating benefit (e.g. selling or using on one's body).
That means if the basar b'halav becomes "un-buried" it retains it forbidden status, and must be disposed of again. This differs from "to be burned" things, which become permissible once burned/destroyed.
Nevertheless, a minority of authorities permit basar b'halav that has been burned thoroughly and no longer identifiable as such, on the premise that doing so manages to separate all the milk from all the meat, restoring the permissible status of each.
This controversial opinion receives spirited discussion in the halachic sources, with those who disagree expressing shock at the reasoning, which they consider a violation of "hatikhah na'aseit n'veilah," not to mention falling afoul of the distinction between
"to be buried" and to be burned."
Thus, those who disagree could be said to accuse the proponents of this minority of view of not knowing their ash from a hole in the ground.
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