Commentary for Avodah Zarah 119:2
אמר רב יימר כתנאי חבית שנקבה בין מפיה בין משוליה ובין מצידיה ונגע בו טבול יום טמאה רבי יהודה אומר מפיה ומשוליה טמאה מצידיה טהורה מכאן ומכאן
R. Yemar said: [This is] like the [dispute of the] following tannaim: If a jug was pierced whether on top, the bottom or its sides, and a tevul yom touched it, it is defiled. R. Judah says: [If it was pierced] on top or bottom it is impure, but if on its sides it is pure on this side and that.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
A tevul yom is one who has gone to the mikveh to purify himself but the sun has not yet set. According to the first opinion, if the tevul yom touches the wine anywhere, the whole jug is impure. But according to the second opinion, only if he touches it on the top or bottom is the whole jug impure. On top, the bottom is all a base for what is on top and thus it is all impure. If he touches the bottom, all the wine from the top would flow through it and become impure. But if he touches it on the side it is pure. Only that which he actually touched would be impure. This is like the first version of R. Papa.
The sages in this baraita do not agree at all with R. Papa. This leads Rashi to conclude that the halakhah does not follow R. Papa.
The sages in this baraita do not agree at all with R. Papa. This leads Rashi to conclude that the halakhah does not follow R. Papa.
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