Commentary for Yevamot 28:2

אלא ב"ה מב"ש למה לא נמנעו טהרות דב"ש לב"ה טמאות נינהו אלא לאו דמודעי להו שמע מינה

did not abstain.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From using the utensils of Beth Shammai. The fact that any vessel was not clean according to Beth Hillel would have been, they knew, duly communicated to them. ');">³</span> If, however, it be assumed that no such information was supplied, one can still understand why Beth Shammai did not abstain from using the utensils of Beth Hillel, since that which was regarded by Beth Hillel as ritually unclean was deemed by Beth Shammai to be ritually clean; but why did not Beth Hillel abstain from using the utensils of Beth Shammai when that which was deemed clean by Beth Shammai was regarded as unclean by Beth Hillel? Must it not, then, be concluded that they supplied them with the required information! Our point is thus proved.

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