Commentary for Zevachim 193:21

רקיק שהגיע ברקיק כו': ת"ר כל אשר יגע יכול אפי' שלא בלע ת"ל בבשרה

For if he taught SACRIFICES AND HULLIN [only] I would say, Only hullin can nullify sacrifices,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the latter do not communicate their flavour to the former.');">²⁹</span> as they are not of the same kind; but in the case of MOST SACRED SACRIFICES AND LESSER SACRIFICES, it is not so.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if the former do not impart their flavour to the latter, the whole must be treated with the stringency of the former.');">³⁰</span> And if he taught about MOST SACRED SACRIFICES AND LESSER SACRIFICES only, l would think that only sacrifices are strong enough to nullify other sacrifices; but hullin I would say is not [strong enough].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if the sacrifice does not impart its flavour to the hullin, the whole must he treated with the stringency of the former.');">³¹</span> Thus both are necessary. IF AN [UNFIT] WAFER TOUCHED A [FIT] WAFER etc. Our Rabbis taught: Whatever shall touch [. shall be holy];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 20. 'Holy' means that it is subject to the same restrictions as the flesh of the sacrifice.');">³²</span> you might think, even if it did not absorb; therefore it says, in the flesh thereof:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit. translation.');">³³</span>

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