Quoting%20commentary for Gittin 105:6

ואי אשמעינן מטמא ומדמע משום דלא קים ליה בדרבה מיניה

but in the case of one who renders foodstuffs unclean, which is not a common occurrence, I should say the rule does not apply. If again both one who renders unclean and one who mixes had been specified, I should say the reason with them [for requiring compensation] is that no heavier penalty is involved, but I should not apply this rule to one who makes a libation, where a heavier penalty is involved. Therefore we are told [that we apply here] the principle of R. Jeremiah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From which we learn that the lighter penalty stands in this case, v. supra p. 237. n. 4. ');">⁶</span>

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