Commentary for Chagigah 21:13

טמאות: מיכתב כתיבן לא נצרכא אלא לכעדשה מן השרץ דלא כתיבא דתניא (ויקרא יא, לב) בהם

Ritually impure: But they are surely written! It was only necessary that a creeping thing is [the size of] a lentil, which is not written. For it was taught in a Baraita, (Leviticus 11:32) "In them." One might think "all of them" [can effect impurity], Scripture teaches, "of them".

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