Reference for Zevachim 9:7

כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהַמִּזְבֵּחַ מְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת הָרָאוּי לוֹ כָּךְ הַכֶּבֶשׁ מְקַדֵּשׁ. כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְהַכֶּבֶשׁ מְקַדְּשִׁין אֶת הָרָאוּי לָהֶן, כָּךְ הַכֵּלִים מְקַדְּשִׁים. כְּלֵי הַלַּח מְקַדְּשִׁין אֶת הַלַּח, וּמִדּוֹת הַיָּבֵשׁ מְקַדְּשׁוֹת אֶת הַיָּבֵשׁ. אֵין כְּלֵי הַלַּח מְקַדְּשִׁים אֶת הַיָּבֵשׁ, וְלֹא מִדּוֹת הַיָּבֵשׁ מְקַדְּשׁוֹת אֶת הַלָּח. כְּלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ שֶׁנִּקְּבוּ, אִם עוֹשִׂים הֵם מֵעֵין מְלַאכְתָּן שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹשִׂין וְהֵם שְׁלֵמִים, מְקַדְּשִׁין. וְאִם לָאו, אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁים. וְכֻלָּן אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁים אֶלָּא בַקֹּדֶשׁ:

Just as the altar sanctifies that which is fitting for it, so too the ramp [leading up the altar] sanctifies. Just as the altar and the ramp sanctify those items that are fitting for them, so too do the utensils sanctify. A vessel for liquid sanctifies liquids, and a vessel for dry measure sanctifies solids. A vessel for liquid cannot sanctify solids, and a vessel for dry measure cannot sanctify liquids. [If] consecrated vessels become perforated, they [still] sanctify if they [can] serve the function they did when they were whole; if [they] cannot [serve that function], they do not sanctify. And all [utensils] only sanctify within the Temple [precincts].

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