Commentary for Chullin 142:5

אדרבה כלי חרס חמור שכן מטמא מאוירו

but whence do we know that it is so even when the uncleanness was swallowed' from below?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ie., the unclean matter was inserted into the body from below via the rectum. It must be, says Rashi, that it was inserted by a tube so that the unclean matter did not come into direct contact with the body of the person. It must further be explained that this action was performed a little before sunset as above.');">⁴</span>

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