Related%20passage for Tahorot 8:8

עֲרֵבָה שֶׁהִיא קְטַפְרֵס, וְהַבָּצֵק מִלְּמַעְלָן וּמַשְׁקֶה טוֹפֵחַ מִלְּמַטָּן, שָׁלשׁ חֲתִיכוֹת בְּכַבֵּיצָה, אֵינָן מִצְטָרְפוֹת. וּשְׁתַּיִם, מִצְטָרְפוֹת. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, אַף שְׁתַּיִם אֵינָן מִצְטָרְפוֹת, אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן הָיוּ רוֹצְצוֹת מַשְׁקֶה. וְאִם הָיָה מַשְׁקֶה עוֹמֵד, אֲפִלּוּ כְעֵין הַחַרְדָּל, מִצְטָרֵף. רַבִּי דוֹסָא אוֹמֵר, אֹכֶל פָּרוּד אֵינוֹ מִצְטָרֵף:

An inclined kneading trough with dough above and liquid dripping [enough to wet something that touches it] below, if there are three pieces [of impure dough] that [together] make up the equivalent to [the volume of] an egg, they do not combine [to constitute a sufficient measure of foods to render the liquid impure; this is because the incline of the container prevents us from considering the liquid to be touching all three pieces at once]; but two [pieces of dough that together add up to the volume of an egg] do combine [to constitute a sufficient measure to render the liquid impure]. Rabbi Yose says: even two do not combine, unless they were pushing against the liquid [preventing it from falling down the incline]. And if the liquid was standing [i.e. not on an incline], even [if the egg's volume of dough was crumbled into pieces] the size of mustard seeds, they do combine [to constitute the sufficient measure to render the liquid impure, since the standing liquid is considered to be touching all the pieces at once]. Rabbi Dosa says: crumbled food does not combine.

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