Commentary for Shabbat 56:1

אתיא בק"ו מנוצה של עזים שאין מטמא בנגעים מטמא באהל המת עור בהמה טמאה שמטמאה בנגעים אינו דין שמטמאה באהל המת

it is inferred a minori from goats' hair, which is not defiled by leprosy, yet is defiled by overshadowing the dead; then the skin of an unclean animal, which is defiled by leprosy, is surely defiled by overshadowing the dead. Then when R. Joseph recited, 'For the sacred work none but the skin of a clean animal was considered fit,' for what practical law [did he say it]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As a mere historical fact it is of no importance. Hence what is its purpose, seeing that it does not teach that the skin of an unclean animal is not defiled by overshadowing the dead, as one wished to deduce supra a? ');">¹</span>

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