Commentary for Shabbat 246:3

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> קנה של זיתים אם יש קשר בראשו מקבל טומאה ואם לאו אין מקבל טומאה בין כך ובין כך ניטל בשבת:

And R. Nahman? — There it is [externally] deposited,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The thorn is laid in the flesh, as it were, but has not entered the system. ');">⁵</span> whereas here it is not [externally] deposited.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But is within the system, and to bring it out by causing vomiting is like mending a person, which is similar to repairing a utensil (cf. supra 106a). ');">⁶</span>

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