Commentary for Menachot 179:12

וכי נעקר מאי הוי גברא למאי דצריך קא מכוין

Rabina, however, said, I can still hold that vessels of ministry hallow only with the [owner's] intention, [nevertheless the overflow is deemed to be holy, for otherwise] it is to be feared that people will say that one may take out what has already been in a vessel of ministry for secular use.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because of this apprehension it was decreed that the overflow of liquids which comes from the inside of the vessel is holy.');">¹¹</span> R'Zera raised the following objection: [We have learnt:]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 100a; Yoma 29b.');">¹²</span>

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