Tosefta for Zevachim 188:16

דמשייר ביה כדי מעפורת איני והאמר רב הונא ל"ש אלא שלא שייר בה כדי מעפורת אבל שייר בה כדי מעפורת חבור הוי

THEN IT RE-ENTERS AND IS SCOURED AND RINSED IN A HOLY PLACE. <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>To this Rabina demurred. [You say,] ONE MUST TEAR IT: Surely the Divine Law speaks of a 'garment', and this is not a garment?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Scripture orders the garment to be washed, which implies that it must be a garment when it is washed.');">²⁴</span> - He leaves enough of it [untorn] to be used as an apron.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He does not tear it right across, but leaves the width of an apron (or duster) untorn. Since the greater part of it is torn it ceases to be unclean; nevertheless, since so much is left untorn, it is still technically a garment.');">²⁵</span> But that is not so, for surely R'Huna said: They learnt this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That a garment loses its uncleanness when it is torn.');">²⁶</span> only if one did not leave enough to be used as an apron [untorn], but if one left enough to be used as an apron, it is [technically] joined?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And remains unclean.');">²⁷</span>

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