Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 51:5
לעולם קסבר שיורא מילתא היא ונטמא והוא הדין לאבוד ושרוף והאי דקאמר נטמא רישייהו נקט
that this provision applied only to the case where it became unclean but not to the case where it was burnt or lost.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., even though only a part of the remainder was burnt or lost R. Joshua still maintains that it is unlawful to burn the handful.');"><sup>6</sup></span> But what could be [Rab's] view?
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