Commentary for Sanhedrin 66:4

טימא את הטהור דאגעי ביה שרץ טיהר את הטמא שעירבן בין פירותיו:

thus: E.g he [the plaintiff] had a pledge [from the defendant] and he [the judge] had taken it from him:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And had given it to the defendant on finding him not liable. ');">⁶</span> He declared the clean, 'unclean', means that he brought it into contact with a reptile;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In a case where there was a doubt as to the cleanness of a certain object, and the judge established his decision by actually making it unclean. ');">⁷</span>

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