Commentary for Gittin 163:12

ועוד בתי עובדי כוכבים מי מטמאי והתניא (ויקרא יד, לד) ונתתי נגע צרעת בבית ארץ אחוזתכם ארץ אחוזתכם מטמאה בנגעים ואין בתי עובדי כוכבים מטמאין בנגעים אלא שמע מינה חוץ הוא ש"מ

Now if you say that it means 'on condition', are we to understand that it is only on condition that the houses of heathens are not defiled that the houses of Israelites are defiled, which would imply that if the houses of heathens are defiled the houses of Israelites are not defiled? And besides, can the houses of heathens be defiled, seeing that it has been taught: 'And I put the plague of leprosy. in a house of the land of your possession:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIV, 34. ');">¹¹</span>

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