Commentary for Menachot 29:3

דתניא נטמא אחד מן הבזיכין רבי יהודה אומר שניהם יעשו בטומאה לפי שאין קרבן ציבור חלוק וחכמים אומרים הטמא בטומאתו והטהור בטהרתו

Moreover R'Ashi had raised an objection thus: Come and hear: R'Judah says, Even though one tribe only was unclean and all the other tribes were clean, [all the Passover-offerings] shall be offered in conditions of uncleanness, for the offering of the congregation may not be divided.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where all the members of one tribe of Israel became unclean on the fourteenth day of Nisan, the day for the offering of the Passover-lamb, they are permitted, according to R. Judah, to offer the Passover-lamb in conditions of uncleanness; and since the offering of the congregation may not be divided, all the Passover-lambs are to be offered in conditions of uncleanness.');">⁴</span> Now in this case, how does the principle of the plate rendering the offering acceptable apply?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There can be no question here of the plate rendering the offering acceptable for the plate exercises a propitiatory effect only where part of the offering became unclean but not where the person officiating became unclean. Again it is clear from this that the reason stated, 'For the offering of the congregation may not be divided', has nothing whatever to do with the propitiating effect or otherwise of the plate.');">⁵</span>

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