Commentary for Eruvin 47:12

נפסקה שניה ותיקנה טהור (בה) מן המדרס אבל טמא מגע מדרס

is<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'not'?');">²⁷</span> exactly [the same in principle as the one about] which we learned: All [levitically defiled wooden] utensils of householders [become clean if they contain holes] of the size of pomegranates;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kel. XVII, 1. With such big holes the object loses the status of utensil and assumes that of a broken one which is not susceptible to levitical defilement.');">²⁸</span> and when Hezekiah asked: 'What is the ruling where one made a hole of the size of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'like one that brings out'.');">²⁹</span>

Explore commentary for Eruvin 47:12. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.