Commentary for Pesachim 165:5

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אמר רב מרי בר אבוה א"ר יצחק עצמות קדשים ששימשו נותר מטמאין את הידים הואיל ונעשה בסיס לדבר האסור נימא מסייע לי' העצמות והגידים והנותר ישרפו לט"ז

<big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>R'Mari B'Abbuha said in R'Isaac's name: Bones of sacrifices which served nothar<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e. , the marrow was left in them after the time permitted for the eating of the sacrifice, and thus became nothar, for which the bones served as a container.');">¹⁰</span> defile the hands,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Just as nothar itself, v. infra 85a, 120b.');">¹¹</span> since they became a stand for a forbidden article.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the marrow.');">¹²</span>

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