English: “And you shall not omit salt” — bring salt that does not cease, and which is that? Sodomite salt.
In the sugya: The preferred salt is identified with the naturally occurring Sodomite variety.
Type of Learning
Definition of non-ceasing salt — Sodomite salt is the preferred form.
What Is Learned
The preferred salt is the naturally occurring Sodomite salt that does not ‘rest’. The verse’s language against “omitting” salt is linked to a salt that itself does not cease, identified as melach Sedomit.