Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 61:6

ורב המנונא אמר התם איכא שיעורא הכא ליכא שיעורא

If one separates them, each ranks as second degree.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A man who becomes unclean through contact with a corpse, and a sherez ('creeping thing') rank as principal (ab, lit., 'father') degree of uncleanness, and if a foodstuff comes into contact with them, it becomes unclean in the first degree; if that in turn comes into contact with another foodstuff, the latter is unclean in the second degree. The minimum standard of foodstuffs to defile is as much as an egg. Now, the first combination contains the standard quantity for defilement, and that in the first degree; hence the whole ranks as such. But if one divides the whole, each part contains less than the standard in the first degree; hence each part is second degree');">⁴</span>

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