Commentary for Shevuot 21:1

דקדושת דמים הוא

for it has [only] a monetary holiness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is holy only for its value, and not bodily holy. The mortar in which it is pounded is not deemed to be a holy vessel; the incense can, therefore, be redeemed for money and become hullin, but why should the daily offerings which are actually holy bodily, be redeemable if unblemished?');">¹</span> - If so, let it not become invalid by [the touch of] a tebul yom,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'bathed on that day': a person who, having become unclean, and bathed, is not restored to perfect ritual cleanliness till sunset (Lev. XXII, 6, 7) . His touch, before sunset, defiles holy objects. If the incense is not holy bodily, it should not become invalid by the touch of a tebul yom.');">²</span>

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