Jewish%20thought for Yevamot 206:16

אי אמרת בשלמא מוחלטת היינו דאיתקש למת אלא אי אמרת מוסגרת אמאי איתקש למת

it constituted the size of many olives,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the material, for instance, was very thick. ');">⁴⁸</span> as soon as a portion of it of the size of an olive<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though its measurements were less than the greater part of three finger-breadths by three. ');">⁴⁹</span> enters a clean house, it causes the uncleanness of that house.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Neg. XIII, 4. ');">⁵⁰</span> Now, if you grant [that the reference is to a strip] of confirmed leprosy one can well understand why it was compared<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the fixing of its minimum, in respect of imparting uncleanness, to be that of the size of an olive. ');">⁵¹</span>

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