Commentary for Bekhorot 75:25

כלי שנטמא אחוריו במשקין אחוריו טמאין תוכו אגנו אזנו וידיו טהורין

to have uncleanness of an earthen vessel but they did not declare it [in this particular instance] to be biblically unclean on its own account, the Rabbis differentiating in order that terumah and holy objects might not be burnt on its account.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus not causing unnecessary burning of holy things.');">¹⁷</span>

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