Commentary for Eruvin 197:17

והא מינס אניס כיח ורק קאמרינן:

over<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In his mouth.');">³¹</span> the fig is unclean<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because the spittle is regarded as a liquid which, my moistening the fig, renders it susceptible to levitical uncleanness. Food that has never come in contact with a liquid is not susceptible to such uncleanness.');">²⁸</span> but if he did not turn it over<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Spittle, while in one's mouth is deemed to be a part of the body and cannot, therefore, the regarded as a liquid that renders food susceptible to levitical uncleanness.');">²⁹</span>

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