6) It IS possible that they both went down the same chimney and one stayed clean while the other got dirty. The first one wiped all the soot onto his own face and clothes on his way down, so that the second one came through clean. Once they both arrived and saw one was clean and the other dirty, they had a stira. Is this a chimney that makes one dirty or is it a chimney that does not make one dirty? They realized that this could not be immediately resolved and that they needed to wait for the “kosuv hashlishi” to be “machri’a beineihem”. Unfortunately, chimney flues are very narrow so it is not likely that anyone else will be able to fit down it after them. Therefore, Teiku
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