Commentary for Shabbat 96:11

מה נפשך אי חיבור הוא אפילו להזאה נמי אי לאו חיבור הוא אפילו לטומאה נמי לא אמר רבא דבר תורה בשעת מלאכה חיבור בין לטומאה בין להזאה ושלא בשעת מלאכה אינו חיבור לא לטומאה ולא להזאה

Our Rabbis taught: A shears of separate blades<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'joints' ');">¹⁰</span> and the cutter of a [carpenter's] plane are [counted as] connected in respect of uncleanness,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If one part becomes unclean the other is too. ');">¹¹</span> but not in respect of sprinkling.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If a utensil is defiled through a corpse, it needs sprinkling of water mixed with the ashes of the red heifer to render it clean (v. Num. XIX). If the mixture is sprinkled on one part but not on the other the latter is not cleansed. ');">¹²</span> What will you: if they are both [counted as] connected, [they are so] even in respect of sprinkling too; if [they do] not [count as] connected, [they are not so] even in respect of defilement? — Said Raba: By Scriptural law, when in use they are [counted as] connected in respect of both defilement and sprinkling, when not in use, they are [counted as] connected in respect of neither defilement nor sprinkling,

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