Commentary for Sotah 59:8
על טהרת התרומה אין על טהרת הקודש לא
R. Joshua — for we have learnt: R. Eliezer Says: He who eats food unclean in the first degree is unclean in the first degree; [if he eats] food unclean in the second degree he is unclean in the second degree; and similarly with the third degree. R. Joshua Says: He who eats food unclean in the first or second degree is unclean in the second degree; [if he eats food unclean] in the third degree, he is unclean in the second degree as regards the sacrificial food but not unclean in the second degree as regards the heave-offering. This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That food in the third degree renders the one eating it unclean in respect of sacrificial food. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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