Commentary for Sotah 57:13

בו ביום דרש רבי עקיבא וכל כלי חרש כו'

Is not, then, the conclusion to be drawn from this that in one case there is a rational being to be interrogated and not in the other?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The clause 'and as for flesh etc.' speaks of a man who is the object of uncleanness and a rational being to be interrogated; whereas the former 'and the flesh that toucheth etc.' refers to where there is no rational being to be interrogated. ');">¹³</span>

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