Commentary for Chullin 18:12

התם הלכתא גמירי לה מסוטה

so every doubt in connection with uncleanness must relate to such as have understanding to be questioned about it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And it is only in such cases that the law regards the person as unclean. Thus a further exception to the general rule is admitted in the case of a doubt regarding uncleanness arising in connection, with anything other than a human being. In the case of the weasel the loaves cannot be asked whether or not they have been defiled.');">⁹</span>

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