Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 31:6

והא כדבריו קאמר דנפישי ועוד והא וכן קתני קשיא

in the [Temple] slaughter-house are clean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even by Rabbinical law. This postulates that the general uncleanness of liquids is Rabbinical only, and it was therefore not imposed in the Temple, so as not to defile the flesh of sacrifices. - The language of this Mishnah is Aramaic whereas all other laws in the Mishnah are couched in Hebrew. Weiss, Dor, I, 105 sees in this a proof of its extreme antiquity.');">⁹</span> Now, there is no difficulty according to Samuel's interpretation that they are clean [only] in so far that they cannot defile other [objects], but tha nevertheless they are unclean in themselves, then it is well; but according to Rab who maintained that they are literally clean,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even in respect of themselves.');">¹⁰</span>

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