Commentary for Bava Kamma 50:2

ודלמא ה"נ לפי שא"א בלא צחצוחי זיבה א"כ לתנייה גבי זובו מ"ש דקתני לה גבי רוקו אלא משום דאתי מרוקו

become defiled if kept within the tent where there is a corpse? — It is a logical conclusion: For if tiny [earthenware] jugs that remain undefiled by the handling of <i>zab</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [As he is unable to insert even his small finger within. Earthenware is susceptible to levitical uncleanness only through the medium of its interior. Lev. XI, 33.] ');">⁴</span> become defiled when kept within the tent where there is a corpse,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As stated in Num. XIX, 15; and every open vessel&nbsp;… is unclean. ');">⁵</span> does it not follow that mats, which even in the case of <i>zab</i> become defiled,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In accordance with Lev. XV, 4. ');">⁶</span>

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