Commentary for Kiddushin 159:9

אלא איזו חזקה לרבי יוחנן ששורפין עליה את התרומה כדתנן עיסה בתוך הבית ושרצים וצפרדעים מטפלין שם ונמצאו חתיכות בעיסה אם רוב שרצים טמאה אם רוב צפרדעים טהורה

R'Johanan maintained: This is not the presumption on the strength of which terumah is burnt.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And when the Sages declare it unclean they mean it must be kept in suspense without burning it. Thus we have here stated the opinions of R. Johanan and Resh Lakish mentioned supra.');">¹³</span> Then on account of which presumption is terumah burnt, in R'Johanan's opinion?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The words 'This is not the presumption etc.' implies that there is a presumption on account of which terumah is burnt.');">¹⁴</span> - As it was taught: If there is a dough in a house wherein reptiles and frogs breed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Dead reptiles are unclean and defile food; frogs are clean, cf. Lev. XI, 29ff.');">¹⁵</span>

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