Commentary for Chullin 236:2

אם אינו ענין לשומר דנבלה תנהו ענין לשומר דעלמא שומר להכניס ושומר לצרף אבל יד להכניס לא

with the result [that we learn] that a protection can convey uncleanness to [the bulk] and also [that] a protection can be included together [with the bulk], but a handle [I maintain] cannot convey uncleanness to [the bulk]! - Indeed at the very outset [it must be admitted that] the law of handles stated in connection with foodstuffs refers to the handle as conveying the uncleanness to [the bulk].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The question at the early stages of the argument when it is suggested that a handle can convey uncleanness from the bulk but not to it in the case of foodstuffs is untenable, for the context clearly shows that the handle, which is referred to in that verse, is intended to convey the uncleanness to the bulk.');">²</span>

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