Commentary for Pesachim 35:8

והכא היכי דריש (ויקרא יא, לד) וכל משק' אשר ישתה בכל כלי יטמא יטמא לטמא טומאת אוכלין אתה אומר לטמא טומאת אוכלין או אינו אלא לטמא טומאת משקין אמרת לא כך היה

it does not state tame [unclean] but yitma. [intimating that] it defiles [yetamme] others, [thus] teaching that a loaf of the second degree produces a third in the case of hullin.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the sherez (creeping thing) is a 'father' of uncleanness; hence it renders the vessel a derivative or a 'first' degree, and that in turn makes the food in it a second, and since the verse teaches that it defiles others, without specifying terumah, it follows that this makes a third even in respect of hullin.');">⁹</span>

Explore commentary for Pesachim 35:8. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.