Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 139:20

אמרת טיהר מכלל שחוטה וטיהר מכלל חלב. מה כשטיהר מכלל שחוטה בטהורה ולא בטמאה אף כשטיהר מכלל חלב בטהורה ולא בטמאה

Yet let this be derived from the first text,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVII, 15.');">³¹</span> since the Divine Law expressed it in terms of eating? - One [text] is employed to shew that the standard of eating [is required for defilement], viz. , as much as an olive; while the other intimates that this standard of eating must be within the time of eating half [a loaf].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One is not liable for eating unless he eats as much as an olive within the normal time for eating half a loaf, which is half a meal (Rashi: half a loaf is the size of four average eggs; Maim.: three average eggs) . The text teaches that when a man eats the flesh of nebelah (of a bird) , he does not defile his garments unless he eats as much as an olive within that time.');">³²</span>

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