Related%20passage for Pesachim 34:10

א"ר יהודה במה דברים אמורים שנטמאו מחמת משקין אבל נטמאו מחמת שרץ נטמא תוכו נטמא גבו נטמא גבו נטמא תוכו

Where they are defiled by a liquid; but if they are defiled by a sherez, if the inside defiled the outside is defiled, [and] if the outside is defiled the inside is defiled.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Utensils which have a back (outside) and an inside' are those which can be used on both sides. A cushion, feather-bed, etc. had a definite side for use, nevertheless they could be turned inside out and used; similarly, sacks and packing bags could be turned inside out and used, and they are therefore treated like other vessels which require only rinsing in order to become clean (v. Hul. 25a) so that if the inner side is defiled the whole is unclean, but not the reverse. Thus the first Tanna. R. Judah, however, draws a distinction between liquids and a sherez as the contaminating object; in the first case this law holds good, because liquid defiles by Rabbinical law only, and therefore the extent of its defilement was lessened, so that it might be known that it does not defile by Biblical law. Hence, if it touches terumah the terumah must not be burnt, as it would be if it were unclean by Scriptural law. But if a sherez, which defiles by Biblical law, contaminates them, they are altogether unclean, no matter where they are touched.');">⁹</span> Now if you think that the uncleanness of liquids in respect of defiling utensils is Biblical, what is the difference whether it was defile through liquids or through a sherez? - Said Rab Judah in Samuel's name: R'Judah retracted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the view that it is unclean in respect of everything.');">¹⁰</span>

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