Commentary for Yevamot 30:2

ת"ש דא"ר אלעזר בר צדוק כשהייתי לומד תורה אצל ר' יוחנן החורני ראיתי שהיה אוכל פת חריבה במלח בשני בצורת באתי והודעתי את אבא אמר לי הולך לו זיתים והולכתי לו ראה אותן שהן לחין אמר לי אין אני אוכל זיתים

I noticed that in the years of dearth he used to eat dry bread with salt. I went home and related it to my father, who said to me, 'Take some olives to him'. When I brought these to him and he observed that they were moist<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Moisture renders fruit susceptible to Levitical uncleanness. ');">³</span> he said to me, 'I eat no olives'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He hesitated to eat them owing to the possibility (Rashi) or the certainty (Tosaf. a.l. s.v. [H] that the earthen jar in which they were kept had been touched by an 'am ha-arez and, being moist, received the uncleanness imparted to them by the jar which, by Rabbinical enactment, had become unclean by the touch of the 'am ha-arez. ');">⁴</span>

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