Commentary for Bava Kamma 184:16

אמר ליה רבא לרבה בר מרי מנא הא מילתא דאמרי אינשי אי דלית דורא דלינא ואי לא לא דלינא אמר ליה דכתיב (שופטים ד, ח) ויאמר אליה ברק אם תלכי עמי והלכתי ואם לא תלכי עמי לא אלך

it was learnt in the Mishnah: 'All that which is attached to an article that is subject to the law of defilement,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such as where a metal hook was fixed into a wooden receptacle, which is subject to the law of defilement. ');">²⁸</span> will similarly become defiled, but all that which is attached to anything which would always remain [levitically] clean would similarly remain clean;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such as where the hook was stuck into a piece of wood which did not form a receptacle; v. Kel. XII. 2. ');">²⁹</span>

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