Quoting%20commentary for Eduyot 8:1

הֵעִיד רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן בְּתֵירָא עַל דַּם נְבֵלוֹת שֶׁהוּא טָהוֹר. הֵעִיד רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן בְּתֵירָא עַל אֵפֶר חַטָּאת שֶׁנָּגַע טָמֵא בְמִקְצָתוֹ, שֶׁטִּמֵּא אֶת כֻּלּוֹ. הוֹסִיף רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, עַל הַסֹּלֶת וְעַל הַקְּטֹרֶת וְהַלְּבוֹנָה וְהַגֶּחָלִים שֶׁנָּגַע טְבוּל יוֹם בְּמִקְצָתָם, שֶׁפָּסַל אֶת כֻּלָּם:

R. Yehudah b. Betheira testified about the blood of carrion (nevilah) that it is tahor, [and does not cause tumah, as carrion itself does, with an olive-size, but it does cause tumah with a revi'ith (one-fourth of a log of vital blood). For there is nothing but the sheretz (a creeping thing) which causes tumah with (the same quantity of) its blood as with (that of) its flesh. As to our having learned above (5:1): "The blood of neveiloth — Beth Shammai rule it tahor" — Beth Shammai ruled it tahor entirely. "And Beth Hillel ruled it tamei" — but not as (the flesh of) a neveilah, an olive-size of which is tamei, but only with a revi'ith.]

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