Jewish%20thought for Yoma 136:7

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> אמרו לו לכהן גדול הגיע שעיר למדבר ומניין היו יודעין שהגיע שעיר למדבר דירכאות היו עושין ומניפין בסודרין ויודעין שהגיע שעיר למדבר

One might have assumed that even after they have become ashes, they shall still defile the garments, therefore Scripture says: 'them, i.e., only as long as they [are 'they'] do they defile the garments, but not once they have become ashes. R'Eliezer son of R'Simeon says: The bullock [itself] defiles the garments, but when the flesh is burnt to hard lumps it no more defiles the garments.

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