Commentary for Menachot 46:22

הכא במאי עסקינן דלא אפיש לה תבלין דרובה מצה היא ולא בטלה דיקא נמי דקתני מצה היא אלא שנקראת מצה מתובלת ש"מ

can become like the neutralizer, seeing that when it becomes mouldy it is like the spices.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And it is no more unleavened bread.');">²⁵</span> But according to him who holds that we must consider the neutralizer, [it will be asked,] Can the spices become like the unleavened bread?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of course not; consequently neutralization should take place and it should not be regarded as unleavened bread at all.');">²⁶</span>

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