Commentary for Menachot 50:9

או אינו אלא נאכל לטהורין חייבין עליו משום טומאה ושאינו נאכל לטהורין אין חייבין עליו משום טומאה אוציא אני את הלן ואת היוצא שאינן נאכלין לטהורים

But perhaps all that R'Jose said was that we do not penalize him; have you heard him say that the plate atones for [the uncleanness of] the eatable portions of the offering?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As opposed to the sacrificial portions, for the uncleanness of which all agree that the plate atones. For that is what the latter Baraitha, attributed to R. Jose, teaches when it says, inter alia, that the plate atones for the flesh which became unclean. But this view is not generally held, and on what grounds therefore do we attribute such a view to R. Jose?');">⁶</span>

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