Commentary for Niddah 100:50

מאי אינה יורדת לכך

intention<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To enable them to convey uncleanness. In the case of the former, uncleanness is conveyed even in the absence of intention provided its bulk was no less than that of an olive. The intention, however, avails where the bulk of carcass was less than that of an olive and that of other food was less than the bulk of an egg. In such a case the two quantities combine to form together the prescribed bulk of an egg which contracts uncleanness through contact with a dead creeping thing. ');">⁴⁶</span>

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