Commentary for Niddah 120:17

מטהר היה ר' נחמיה במטלניות שאין בהן שלש על שלש דלא חזיין לא לעניים ולא לעשירים

hence we were informed that on the back of an earthenware vessel they are clean. Abaye stated: R. Nehemiah holds them to be clean if they sat on strips of cloth that were less than three by three fingerbreadths, since such are unsuitable for use either by the poor or the rich.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And hence unsusceptible to uncleanness. ');">¹⁸</span>

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