Commentary for Pesachim 35:11
תרי יטמא למה לי אלא יטמא דרישא לטמא טומאת משקין יטמא דסיפא לטמא טומאת אוכלין
In respect of defiling eatables': yet perhaps it is not so, but rather in respect of defiling liquids? - You ca answer, It was not thus. What does 'it was not thus' mean? - Said R'Papa: We do not find that uncleanness renders that which is similar to itself [unclean].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra. Hence an unclean liquid can defile an eatable, but not another liquid.');"><sup>13</sup></span>
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