Commentary for Pesachim 37:6
ואמר רבי חייא בר אבא א"ר יוחנן מעדותו של ר"ע נשנית משנה זו (דתניא) הוסיף ר"ע הסולת והקטורת והלבונה והגחלים שאם נגע טבול יום במקצתן פסל את כולן
the fine meal, incense, frankincense, and the burning coals, that if a tebul yom touches part thereof he renders all unfit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This must be because the vessel which contains them makes the various particles one, and not just because they touch each other, for in that case we would have to go in order to render all the particles unfit even beyond a fifth. V. 'Ed., Sonc. ed. p. 47 notes.');"><sup>9</sup></span> Thus there is a fourth [in sacred food], but not a fifth; a third [in the case of terumah].
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