Commentary for Menachot 47:5

הדר איהו בעא מינייהו מהו לקמוץ מזה על זה צירוף דאורייתא או דרבנן

- He replied to them, [The rule is:] What stands in need of a vessel, the vessel unites; what does not stand in need of a vessel, the vessel does not unite.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This extra half-tenth has no need of this vessel, and indeed could not be used together with the other halves in this vessel; consequently the other halves are not affected with uncleanness.');">⁹</span> And what if a tebul yom inserted his finger between them?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without having touched either the vessel or its contents.');">¹⁰</span>

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