Commentary for Menachot 85:5

סבר למיפסלה אמר להו רב אחאי אלא הא לא תכילתא היא ולא קלא אילן היא אלא שמע מינה שמועתא אהדדי איתמר

supplements the other thus: if the test of R'Isaac the son of R'Judah had been applied and the colour had not faded it is certainly valid, but if its colour had faded we should then test it by R'Adda's test by [baking it in] a hard piece of leavened dough; if its colour improved it is valid, but if it deteriorated it is invalid. A message was sent from there [Palestine] saying, The tests supplement each other.

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