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Reference for Berakhot 37:15

מאי עכנאי אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל מלמד שהקיפוהו הלכות כעכנאי זה וטמאוהו

Why "serpent"? Rab Judah said in the name of Samuel : This teaches that the Sages wound it round with discussions as a serpent [winds itself round something] and proved that the oven was unclean.

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