Commentary for Pesachim 91:8

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אם אין שם כיוצא בו מהו א"ר אבהו אמר ר' שמעון בן לקיש כדי שילך אדם ממגדל נוניא לטבריא מיל

and uncleanness does not descend upon it;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The trough does not become unclean, for we do not regard the sherez, as having touched it.');">⁷</span> [but] during the rest of the year, when the matter is dependent on [his] objecting, IF HE OBJECTS TO IT, IT INTERPOSES; WHILE IF HE DESIRES ITS PRESERVATION, IT IS LIKE [i.e., identical with] THE KNEADING-TROUGH.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the trough becomes unclean through the contact of the sherez with the dough.');">⁸</span>

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