Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 53:5

ואידך אי ס"ד נגעים חמירי לכתוב רחמנא גבי שרצים וליתו נגעים מינייהו

— It [the analogy] may be refuted: as for leprosy, [the reason is] because the warp and the woof [of wool or linen] become defiled n their case.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the thread itself, whether warp or woof, is liable to defilement. But Scripture does not state this in reference to reptiles, and so the deduction of three fingerbreadths square may not apply to it either. ');">⁹</span> And the other?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Raba: how does he dispose of this refutation? ');">¹⁰</span>

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