Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 38:11

ולרב דאמר כגון שאבדה לו מחט טמא מת והכירה בבשר כיון דאמר מר בחלל חרב חרב הרי הוא כחלל אדם וכלים נמי ליטמא

We have learned [about] saliva, for we learned: All saliva found in Jerusalem is clean, save that of the upper market!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which was specially frequented by the unclean, to avoid defiling others, v. Shek. VIII, 1.');">¹⁴</span> - It is necessary only [to state] that [this is so] even though a zab was known [to have passed there].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the saliva was found. Even then it is clean, and we would not have known this from the MISHNAH:');">¹⁵</span>

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