Commentary for Sotah 57:14
ומאחר דאין לו למה טמא
The statement of R. Giddal in the name of Rab was necessary, and it was also necessary to derive [the rule of defilement caused by a creeping thing] from the case of the suspected woman; for if [it had only been based on] the teaching of Rab, I would have said that the rule was the same whether [the defilement occurred] in a private domain or a public place; therefore it was also necessary to derive it from the case of a suspected woman.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From which it is learnt that the rule is not the same in both localities. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
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