Commentary for Kiddushin 159:7

והוינן בה מאי טעמיה דר"מ קסבר רוב תינוקות מטפחין ומיעוט אין מטפחין ועיסה בחזקת טהרה עומדת וסמוך מיעוטא לחזקה איתרע ליה רובא ורבנן מיעוטא כמאן דליתא דמי רובא וחזקה רובא עדיף

[And the answer was:] He holds, most children dabble, yet there is a minority who do not, while the dough stands in the presumption of cleanness:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As long as we do not know that it was defiled.');">⁸</span> hence combine the minority with the presumption, and the majority is weakened. But the Rabbis [argue]: the minority is as non-existent:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it is completely disregarded.');">⁹</span>

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