Commentary for Chullin 49:2
א"ל רב אדא בר אהבה לרבא
R'Ada B'Ahabah asked Raba: Should not an earthenware vessel be rendered unclean [by contact] from the outside by the following a fortiori argument: If all other vessels which are not rendered unclean through their air-space are nevertheless rendered unclean from the outside, an earthenware vessel which is rendered unclean through its air-space should surely be rendered unclean from the outside? - He replied: The verse reads: And every open vessel, which has no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XIX, 15.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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