Commentary for Shabbat 116:4
מה נפשך אי מנא הוא אע"פ דלית ליה עינבל אי לאו מנא הוא עינבל משוי ליה מנא
What will you: if it is a utensil, then even if it has no clapper [it is unclean]; if it is not a utensil, does the clapper make it one? Yes, as R. Samuel b. Nahmani said in R. Johanan's name, Viz.: How do we know that a metal object which causes sound is unclean?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it ranks as a utensil. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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