Commentary for Shabbat 288:14

כדאמר ר' יוחנן בטיפה המלוכלכת ע"פ הדד הכא נמי בטיפה המלוכלכת ע"פ הדד

is unclean? Because it cannot but contain particles of diluted oil. Wherein do they differ?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since both admit that the first fluid is clean, while that which oozes from the olive pulp is unclean, in respect of what do they disagree? ');">²⁶</span> They differ in respect to what oozes after [the olives have been subject to their own] pressure. Raba said: The reason is because it is something whereof a mikweh may not be made, and such renders a mikweh unfit through change of colour.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That is why the serial fluid makes the mikweh unfit; accordingly that ruling agrees with all. ');">²⁷</span>

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