Commentary for Zevachim 158:1

תנו רבנן חרסן של זב וזבה פעם ראשון ושני טמא שלישי טהור

<br> Our Rabbis taught: As to the shard of a zab and a zabah, the first and second time it is unclean, the third time it is clean. When is that? if one poured water into it; but if one did not pour water into it, it is unclean even the tenth time. R. Eliezer b. Jacob said: At the third time it is clean even if one did not pour water into it. Now, whom do you know to maintain that one kind is not nullified by its own kind? R. Judah. But the following contradicts it: If flax was spun by a niddah, he who moves it is clean; but if it is damp, he who moves it is unclean, on account of the fluid of her mouth. R. Judah said: One also who moistens it in water is unclean, on account of the fluid of her mouth, even [if he washes it] many times! - Said R. Papa: Saliva is different, because it is incrusted. <br>

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