Mesorat%20hashas for Chullin 235:37

לא לכתוב רחמנא בתנור ותיתי מהנך מה להנך שכן אוכל

If the Divine Law had not stated it in connection with seeds but you would have inferred it from the other two, [the objection could be raised thus,] That is so with the other cases since they become unclean without first having been rendered susceptible thereto; will you say the same of seeds which become unclean only if first they have been rendered susceptible thereto?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For foodstuffs cannot contract uncleanness unless they have first been rendered susceptible to uncleanness by being moistened by water or any of the other liquids prescribed. Cf. Lev. XI, 38.');">²⁶</span>

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