Commentary for Zevachim 185:7

אלא אמר אביי דכ"ע לאו כמונח דמי והכא בהא קמיפלגי דרבי עקיבא סבר גזרינן שמא ינוח ורבנן סברי לא גזרינן ומודה רבי עקיבא בהזאה כיון דנפק נפק

But Abaye raised an objection: [It was taught:] R'Akiba admits that in the case of sprinkling, if one carried it over an unclean earthen vessel or over an unclean couch or seat, it is clean,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e.,if the water of lustration was sprinkled upon an unclean person, and in its passage passed over unclean vessels etc., it remains clean.');">⁹</span> for nothing defiles above as below<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Nothing defiles anything above, passing through its air-space, as when it is below, actually touching it.');">¹⁰</span>

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