Commentary for Shabbat 188:6

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אמר ר"א מחלוקת ביד אבל בכלי חייב פשיטא זו בזו תנן מהו דתימא רבנן בכלי נמי פטרי והא דקתני זו בזו להודיעך כחו דר' אליעזר קא משמע לן

It was stated: [If he plucks out] one of two [hairs]. he is culpable;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since he thereby effectively removes the symptom of leprosy, the remaining one being insufficient to prove him unclean. ');">¹⁰</span> one of three: R. Nahman maintained, He is culpable; R. Shesheth said, He is not culpable. R. Nahman maintained, He is culpable: his action is effective in so far that if another is removed the uncleanness departs. R. Shesheth said, He is not culpable: now at all events the uncleanness is present. R. Shesheth observed: Whence do I know it? Because we learnt: AND LIKEWISE [IF ONE CARRIES OUT] THE SIZE OF AN OLIVE OF A CORPSE, THE SIZE OF AN OLIVE OF A <i>NEBELAH</i>, … HE IS CULPABLE. This implies, [for] half the size of an olive he is exempt; but it was taught: [For] half the size of an olive he is culpable? Surely [then], where it was taught that he is culpable, [it means] that he carries out half the size of an olive from [a piece as large as] an olive; while where we learnt [by implication] that he is exempt, [it means] that he carries out half the size of an olive from an olive and a half.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He is culpable in the first case because his action is effective, but in the second it does not effect anything, and the same applies here. ');">¹¹</span>

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