Commentary for Pesachim 142:1

מטמא את הידים הפיגול והנותר מטמאין את הידים בירך ברכות הפסח פטר את של זבח. את של זבח לא פטר את של פסח דברי רבי ישמעאל רבי עקיבה אומר לא זו פוטרת זו ולא זו פוטרת זו:

[Contact with] the Pesach sacrifice after midnight renders one's hands impure. [Contact with] piggul [a sacrifice that becomes unfit, due to the intention of the officiating priest, while offering it, to consume it after its permitted time] or notar [a sacrifice that becomes unfit, due to being left unconsumed until after the time limit for its consumption] renders one's hands impure. [If] one recited a blessing over the Pesach sacrifice, he exempts [himself from the obligation to make a blessing] on [another] sacrifice [that he eats]. If he recited a blessing over [the eating of another] sacrifice, he has not exempted [himself from the obligation to make a blessing] on the Pesach sacrifice - so says Rabbi Yishmael. Rabbi Akiva says, "Neither this nor that [blessing] exempts the other."

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