Commentary for Eruvin 47:13

ואמרת עלה מאי שנא ראשונה דהא קיימא שניה שניה נמי הא קיימא ראשונה

an olive and stopped it up and then made another hole of the size of an olive and stopped it up [and so on] until one completed [a hole] of the size of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'like one that brings out'.');">²⁹</span> a pomegranate? '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Is the utensil regarded as a broken one because the total space of the small holes was of the size required, or must a utensil contain such a hole at one and the same time before it can be regarded as a broken object that is unsusceptible to levitical defilement?');">³⁰</span> R'Johanan replied: Master, you have taught us [the case of] a sandal, for we learned:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So Bah. Absent from cur. edd.');">³¹</span>

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