Commentary for Shabbat 166:8

מאי בינייהו איכא בינייהו ספינה של חרס מאן דאמר אניה בלב ים הא נמי בלב ים היא למ"ד כשק הנך (היא) דכתיבי גבי שק דאי מיטלטלת מלא וריקן אין אי לא לא אבל ספינה של חרס אע"ג דאינה מיטלטלת מלא וריקן

<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. How DO WE KNOW THAT A SHIP IS CLEAN?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it cannot become unclean. ');">¹⁹</span> BECAUSE IT IS SAID, THE WAY OF A SHIP IN THE MIDST OF THE SEA.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XXX, 19. ');">²⁰</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Now, it is obvious that a ship is in the midst of the sea, but we are informed this: just as the sea is clean, so is a ship clean. It was taught: Hananiah said: We learn it from a sack:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A ship is a wooden vessel, and only those wooden vessels which are like a sack can become unclean, since they are assimilated to a sack in Lev. XI, 32. ');">²¹</span>

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