Commentary for Sotah 30:13

התם דאיקלוף איקלופי

so also the vessel must not be changed in appearance. Raba asked: How is it if the earthenware had been blackened and re-whitened by being passed through the furnace again? Do we say that since it has once been rejected, it remains rejected; or perhaps, since it has been restored, it is suitable? — Come and hear: 'R. Eleazar says: If a man twisted cedar wood, scarlet and hyssop into a cord for the purpose of carrying his bundle on his back, they are unfit [to be used in the ceremony of purification];' and yet they are here again smoothed out!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When they are disconnected. So by analogy the earthenware cannot be made fit for use by re-whitening. ');">¹²</span>

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