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that it is the nature of knots to tighten even more in water, creating an interposition that bars the water from entering all the way, but in the case of the first clause of the Mishnah, which deals with one vessel inside another and where water by nature causes the top vessel to lighten and float
The Talmud comments: R' Ila here conforms to his standard line of reasoning in considering these two issues as one, as R' Ila said that R' Ḥanina bar Pappa said: They taught 10 stringencies of sacrificial food here in this Mishnah, rather than the apparent 11. The first 5 stringencies apply both to
The Talmud explains R' Ila’s statement. What is the reason for this distinction? With regard to the first 5 stringencies, which have a connection to impurity as defined by Torah law because ignoring them can lead to a case of impurity by Torah law as opposed to merely rabbinic law, the rabbis decree
Rava disagreed with R' Ila. He said that since the reason for the stringency in the latter clause is due to concern for interposition, this implies that the reason for the stringency in the first clause is not due to interposition, but to a different reason. And with regard to the stringency in the