Quoting%20commentary for Kelim 25:4

הָרֹבַע וַחֲצִי הָרֹבַע, נִטְמָא הָרֹבַע, לֹא נִטְמָא חֲצִי הָרֹבַע. נִטְמָא חֲצִי הָרֹבַע, לֹא נִטְמָא הָרֹבַע. אָמְרוּ לִפְנֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, הוֹאִיל וַחֲצִי הָרֹבַע אֲחוֹרַיִם לָרֹבַע, כְּלִי שֶׁנִּטְמָא תוֹכוֹ לֹא נִטְמְאוּ אֲחוֹרָיו. אָמַר לָהֶן, שֶׁל כַּת קוֹדְמִין הִיא, אוֹ שֶׁמָּא הָרֹבַע אֲחוֹרַיִם לַחֲצִי הָרֹבַע, כְּלִי שֶׁנִּטְמְאוּ אֲחוֹרָיו, לֹא נִטְמָא תוֹכוֹ:

Regarding a [vessel which has two sections in which can be measured a] rova [a specific measure of volume, a quarter of a log] and a half rova, if the rova [section] was rendered impure, the half rova [section] is not rendered impure; if the half rova was rendered impure, the rova is not rendered impure. They [i.e. the students] said before Rabbi Akiva, "Since the half rova is the outside of the rova, should not the outside of a vessel whose inside was rendered impure [thereby also] be rendered impure?" He said to them, "Is it surely of the former category? Or perhaps the rova is the outside of the half rova, and regarding a vessel the outsides of which were rendered impure, its insides are not rendered impure!"

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