Commentary for Chagigah 51:13

א"ל אידך יד הכל ממשמשין בה ואת אמרת יניחנה לרגל אחר א"ל אטו עד האידנא לאו יד הכל ממשמשין בה א"ל הכי השתא בשלמא עד האידנא טומאת עם הארץ ברגל רחמנא טהרה אלא השתא טמאה היא

The other one said to him, "Everyone is touching it with their hand, and you say that he should leave it for another festival?" He said to him, "Until this point, were the hands of everyone not touching it? [And yet it is still considered pure for the holiday's duration!]" He said to him, Is there a comparison (lit. this now)? Until this point, it makes sense-- the impurity of an <i>Am Ha'aretz</i>on a festival, the Merciful One purifies. Rather, now [after the festival is over and before the start of the next festival], it is impure!

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