Responsa for Sotah 59:4
ר"מ דתנן כל הטעון ביאת מים מדברי סופרים מטמא את הקודש ופוסל את התרומה ומותר בחולין ובמעשר דברי ר"מ וחכמים אוסרין במעשר
R. Assi said in the name of Rab — another version is Rabbah b. Issi said in the name of Rab, — R. Meir, R. Jose, R. Joshua, R. Eleazar and R. Eliezer all hold the view that what is unclean in the second degree does not create a third degree with non-holy food. R. Meir — for we have learnt: Everything that requires immersion in water according to the statement of the scribes<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., things which, according to the Torah, are clean, but the Rabbis take a stricter view. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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