Commentary for Niddah 116:63

עיר שיש בה חזירים אין חוששין לכתמים

that we adopt a meaning that leads to a restriction and not one that leads to a relaxation, but here the meaning must be in agreement with a ruling of R. Abbahu, R. Abbahu having ruled: All prescribed minima of the Sages are intended to impose restrictions, except the prescribed size of a split bean in the case of bloodstains which is intended to relax the law.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the inclusion of the terminus in the ruling of our Mishnah. ');">⁵⁴</span>

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