קשיא II

קַשְׁיָאII f. (preced.) difficult, open to objection; unanswerable objection; contradiction. Erub.13a הא גופא ק׳וכ׳ this in itself is a contradiction; you said, R. I. did not say such a thing, which implies that this opinion is to be rejected, and then you said, this opinion is the adopted rule. Ib. ק׳ שימוש אשימוש there is a contradiction between the two narratives of R. Meirs ministrations; ק׳ אסיה אאסרה there is a contradiction between the relations concerning the teacher who forbade it; שימוש אשימוש לא ק׳וכ׳ there is no contradiction between the two relations concerning the ministrations, (for I may say,) first he went ; אלא אסרה אאסרה ק׳ ק׳ but between the relations as to who prohibited it, is there not a contradiction? There is a contradiction (it remains unanswered). Ber.22b לא ק׳וכ׳ there is no contradiction (between the two traditions): the one speaks of a case where the thing is possible, the other Sabb.22b ק׳ the argument (of R. Papa) is unanswerable. Y. ib. XII, end, 13d וק׳ על דרבןוכ׳ and this is an argument against the opinion of Rabban G.; a. v. fr.