Commentary for Shabbat 117:7

מאי בין רב לר' חנינא איכא בינייהו דמאיס

But what [reason] do you see to reverse the former; reverse the latter?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Transpose the views of R. Johanan and R. Eleazar. ');">¹²</span> — Because we know R. Johanan to require [fitness for] usage of its original nature For we learnt an animal's shoe, [if] of metal, is unclean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., liable to become unclean. ');">¹³</span>

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