Commentary for Zevachim 6:2
התינח לרבנן לרבי אליעזר מאי איכא למימר
shall it therefore protect in the case of earthen vessels which are less stringent but which are not divided into tents?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a partition placed in an earthen vessel (sc. an oven) does not divide it into separate compartments (here designated 'tents') , as stated supra 3a: therefore a defective receptacle cannot do so either; so Tosaf. Rashi explains more simply: if it protects . . into tents - i.e., it is quite usual to partition off a room into two, therefore a partition converts it into two separate tents. But it is not usual to partition an oven: hence the partition cannot affect its status. On this interpretation it appears that R. Eliezer holds that a partition does affect it, protecting the foodstuffs from contamination. In that case they differ not only in respect to a defective receptacle, but also in respect to the partitioning of an oven by a board or curtain.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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