Commentary for Chullin 257:4
הא מני רבי מאיר היא דאמר טומאת בית הסתרים מטמא
He said: 'Indeed on many occasions he told me that too, but I replied to him that R'Meir surely made a distinction between that which needed to be rendered susceptible [to uncleanness by a liquid] and that which did not need to be so rendered susceptible',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Meir would agree that where after severance from the limb the part has to be rendered susceptible to uncleanness by water or some other liquid, as is the case here (cf. the Mishnah supra ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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