Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 153:6

חלב כדי גמיעה: איבעיא להו כדי גמיאה או כדי גמיעה א"ר נחמן בר יצחק (בראשית כד, יז) הגמיאיני נא מעט מים מכדך

while Beth Hillel rule it unclean. Said R. Jose son of R. Judah: Even when Beth Hillel declared it unclean, they did so only in respect of a rebi'ith of blood in measure, since it can congeal to the size of an olive.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is the minimum quantity of flesh of nebelah which defiles. ');">¹¹</span> Said Abaye. Perhaps that is not so. R. Nathan states that it [sc. a congealed piece the size of an olive] requires a rebi'ith [of liquid] only here in the case of wine, which is thin; but in the case of blood, which is thick, the size of an olive [when congealed] does not require a rebi'ith [in liquid form]. Alternatively. R. Jose b. R. Judah states that for the size of an olive [when congealed] a rebi'ith [in liquid form] is sufficient only there in the case of blood, which is thick; but as for wine, which is thin, the size of an olive represents more than a rebi'ith, so that if one carries out [even] less than the size of an olive, he is liable.

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