## Chullin Daf 126a

###### Chullin 126a:1
[Chullin 126a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/126a:1)

וְתָנֵי עֲלַהּ: רַבִּי יוֹסֵי מְטַהֵר. אַהֵיָיא? אִילֵּימָא אַסֵּיפָא – תַּנָּא קַמָּא נָמֵי טַהוֹרֵי קָא מְטַהַר!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And it is taught with regard to** that *halakha* in the mishna that **Rabbi Yosei deems** it **pure. To which** *halakha* in the mishna is this referring? **If we say** that it is referring **to the latter clause** of the mishna, which discusses a chest placed in the entrance of the house, **the first *tanna* also deems** it **pure** in that case.


###### Chullin 126a:2
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אֶלָּא, דְּקָאָמַר תַּנָּא קַמָּא: טוּמְאָה בְּתוֹכָהּ – הַבַּיִת טָמֵא, אִי מִשּׁוּם דְּדֶרֶךְ טוּמְאָה לָצֵאת, וְאִי מִשּׁוּם דְּטוּמְאָה טְמוּנָה בּוֹקַעַת. וְקָאָמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי יוֹסֵי: וּדְקָאָמְרַתְּ דֶּרֶךְ טוּמְאָה לָצֵאת – יָכוֹל הוּא לְהוֹצִיאָהּ לַחֲצָאִין אוֹ לְשׂוֹרְפָהּ בִּמְקוֹמָהּ, וּדְקָאָמְרַתְּ טוּמְאָה טְמוּנָה בּוֹקַעַת – טוּמְאָה טְמוּנָה אֵינָהּ בּוֹקַעַת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** it is clear **that the first *tanna* says** that if a source of **impurity** is **inside** the compartment of a chest that is inside the house, **the house is impure, either because it is typical for** a source of **impurity to exit** its location, **or because** he holds that **a hidden** source of **impurity breaks through** and ascends. **And Rabbi Yosei** disagrees and **says to him:** With regard to **that which you say** that **it is typical for** a source of **impurity to exit** its location, it is not necessarily so. **One can remove** the impure item **in halves or burn it in its place** inside the compartment. **And** with regard to **that which you say** that **a hidden** source of **impurity breaks through** and ascends, **a hidden** source of **impurity does not break through.** Consequently, Rabbi Yosei must hold that a hidden source of impurity does not break through and ascend.


###### Chullin 126a:3
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וְרָמֵי דְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי אַדְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§Based on the previous statement of Rabbi Yosei, the Gemara established that Rabbi Yosei holds that a hidden source of impurity does not break through and ascend. **And** the Gemara **raises a contradiction** between that previous statement **of Rabbi Yosei and** another statement **of Rabbi Yosei.**


###### Chullin 126a:4
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דִּתְנַן: הַכֶּלֶב שֶׁאָכַל בָּשָׂר מֵת, וּמֵת הַכֶּלֶב, וּמוּטָּל עַל הָאִסְקוּפָּה – רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר: אִם יֵשׁ בְּצַוָּארוֹ פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח – מֵבִיא אֶת הַטּוּמְאָה, וְאִם לָאו – אֵינוֹ מֵבִיא אֶת הַטּוּמְאָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As we learned** in a mishna (*Oholot* 11:7): In the case of **a dog that ate the flesh of a corpse, and the dog** then **died and is lying on the threshold** in such a manner that its neck and mouth are facing toward the inside of the house, **Rabbi Meir says: If there is an opening** the size of one cubic **handbreadth inside the neck of** the dog, i.e., the neck itself constitutes this measure, the dog **imports impurity** into the house because the upper portion of the dog’s body overlies the impure item inside the dog and the impurity is transmitted through the neck and mouth of the dog into the house. **But if** there is **not** such a large cavity in the neck of the dog, then there is no *halakha* of a tent, and the dog **does not import the impurity** into the house.


###### Chullin 126a:5
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רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: רוֹאִין מִכְּנֶגֶד הַשָּׁקוֹף וְלִפְנִים – הַבַּיִת טָמֵא, מִכְּנֶגֶד הַשְּׁקוֹף וְלַחוּץ – הַבַּיִת טָהוֹר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yosei says: One looks** to determine exactly where on the threshold the dog is located. If the impure item inside the dog is located anywhere **from opposite,** i.e., under, **the lintel and toward the inside** of the house, **the house is impure.** If the dog is located anywhere **from opposite the lintel and toward the outside** of the house, **the house** remains **pure.**


###### Chullin 126a:6
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רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אוֹמֵר: פִּיו לִפְנִים הַבַּיִת – טָהוֹר, פִּיו לַחוּץ הַבַּיִת – טָמֵא, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁטּוּמְאָה יוֹצְאָה דֶּרֶךְ שׁוּלָיו.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Elazar says:** One must determine the exact manner in which the dog is lying on the threshold. If **its mouth** is located **inside** the house, but its rear is located outside the house, **the house** remains **pure.** If **its mouth** is located **outside** the house but its rear is located inside the house, **the house is impure.** This is **because** the source of **impurity exits** the dog’s body **through its edge,** i.e., its rear.


###### Chullin 126a:7
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רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן בְּתִירָא אוֹמֵר: בֵּין כָּךְ וּבֵין כָּךְ, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yehuda ben Beteira says: In** both **this** case **and that** case, i.e., whether the dog is lying such that its mouth is inside the house or outside the house, **the house is impure.** The reason is that the impure item can exit through either the mouth or the rear.


###### Chullin 126a:8
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מַאי לָאו, אַאֵין בְּצַוָּארוֹ פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח קָאֵי רַבִּי יוֹסֵי?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara analyzes the statement of Rabbi Yosei that if the dog is located anywhere from under the lintel and toward the inside of the house, the house is impure. **What, is** the statement of **Rabbi Yosei not referring to** a case where **there is not an opening** the size of one cubic **handbreadth inside** the dog’s **neck,** with regard to which Rabbi Meir says that the house remains pure? Accordingly, Rabbi Yosei is responding to Rabbi Meir and saying: Even if the neck of the dog is not the size of one cubic handbreadth, as long as the impure item inside the dog is located from under the lintel and toward the house, the house is impure because it overlies the impure item.


###### Chullin 126a:9
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וּשְׁמַע מִינַּהּ: טוּמְאָה טְמוּנָה בּוֹקַעַת!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** therefore **learn from it** that Rabbi Yosei holds that **a hidden** source of **impurity breaks through** and ascends, contrary to Rabbi Yosei’s opinion as understood from his previous statement.


###### Chullin 126a:10
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אָמַר רָבָא: רוֹאִין אֶת חֲלַל הַטּוּמְאָה קָתָנֵי, וְרַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּתַרְתֵּי פְּלִיג, וְקָאָמַר לֵיהּ לְרַבִּי מֵאִיר: דְּקָאָמְרַתְּ כִּי יֵשׁ בְּצַוָּארוֹ פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח מֵבִיא אֶת הַטּוּמְאָה – אֲנַן בָּתַר חֲלָלַהּ אָזְלִינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said:** Rabbi Yosei holds that a hidden source of impurity does not break through and ascend. As for that which Rabbi Yosei teaches: One looks whether the impure item inside the dog is located opposite the lintel and toward the inside of the house, Rabbi Yosei actually **teaches: One looks at the empty space** adjacent to **the** source of **impurity. And Rabbi Yosei disagrees** with Rabbi Meir **with regard to two** matters, **and says to Rabbi Meir:** As for **that which you say** that if **there is the width of** one cubic **handbreadth in the neck** of the dog, **it imports the impurity** into the house, that is not so. Rather, **we follow** the measure of **the empty space,** i.e., the neck of the dog imports impurity into the house only if it contains a cubic handbreadth of space in addition to the thickness of the flesh of the neck itself.


###### Chullin 126a:11
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וּדְקָא אָמְרַתְּ הַבַּיִת כּוּלּוֹ טָמֵא – מִכְּנֶגֶד הַשְּׁקוֹף וְלִפְנִים הַבַּיִת טָמֵא, מִכְּנֶגֶד הַשְּׁקוֹף וְלַחוּץ הַבַּיִת טָהוֹר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** with regard to **that which you say** that even if the dog is located on the outer portion of the threshold of the house, **the entire house is impure,** that is not so. Rather, if the impurity inside the dog is located anywhere **from opposite the lintel and toward the inside** of the house, **the house is impure.** If the impurity inside the dog is located anywhere **from opposite the lintel and toward the outside** of the house, **the house** remains **pure.**


###### Chullin 126a:12
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רַב אַחָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרָבָא מַתְנֵי לַהּ בְּהֶדְיָא: רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: רוֹאִין אֶת חֲלַל הַטּוּמְאָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Aḥa, son of Rava, teaches** that Rava’s explanation is **explicit** in the mishna itself, as follows: **Rabbi Yosei says: One looks at the empty space** adjacent to the source **of impurity.**


###### Chullin 126a:13
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וּמַאן תַּנָּא דִּפְלִיג עֲלֵיהּ? רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן הוּא, דְּתַנְיָא: רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§Previously the Gemara established that Rabbi Yosei holds that with regard to the *halakhot* of impurity, overlying is referred to as touching, as the transmission of impurity via contact and via overlying are considered one category. But the mishna (*Oholot* 3:1) cited earlier (125b) states that in the case of one who touches half an olive-bulk of flesh of a corpse, if a tent simultaneously overlies him and another half an olive-bulk of flesh he remains pure. Evidently, there is a *tanna* who disagrees with Rabbi Yosei and holds that these two methods of transmitting impurity are not the same category. The Gemara asks: **Who is the *tanna* who disagrees with** Rabbi Yosei? The Gemara answers: **It is Rabbi Shimon, as it is taught** in a *baraita*: **Rabbi Shimon says:**