## Chullin Daf 126b

###### Chullin 126b:1
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שָׁלֹשׁ טוּמְאוֹת פּוֹרְשׁוֹת מִן הַמֵּת, שְׁתַּיִם בְּכׇל אַחַת וּשְׁלִישִׁית אֵין בָּהֶן, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: מְלֹא תַרְוָוד רָקָב, וְעֶצֶם כִּשְׂעוֹרָה, וְגוֹלֵל וְדוֹפֵק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Parts of a corpse that impart impurity include an olive-bulk of flesh, a complete limb, the majority of a corpse’s bones, and the majority of the essential bones of its skeleton, namely, its legs, spine, and ribs. All of these impart impurity via contact, carrying, and in a tent. There are also **three** sources of **impurity** that **derive from a corpse, each one** of which imparts impurity in **two** ways **but** does **not** impart impurity in a **third** way. **And they are the following: A full ladle of dust** from a corpse, **and a bone** the size of **a barley grain, and a grave cover [*golel*] and a grave wall [*dofek*]** upon which the cover rests.


###### Chullin 126b:2
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מְלֹא תַרְוָוד רָקָב – מְטַמֵּא בְּמַשָּׂא וּבְאֹהֶל, וְאֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא בְּמַגָּע, וְהֵיכָן מַגָּעוֹ? עִם אַחַת מֵהֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**A full ladle of dust imparts impurity via carrying and in a tent, but it does not impart impurity via contact,** as it is impossible for one to touch all of the particles of dust simultaneously. **And where** among these sources of impurity is the imparting of impurity via **contact** applicable? It is applicable **with one of those** other two sources of impurity, i.e., a bone the size of a barley grain and the cover or wall of a grave.


###### Chullin 126b:3
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עֶצֶם כִּשְׂעוֹרָה – מְטַמֵּא בְּמַשָּׂא וּבְמַגָּע, וְאֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא בְּאֹהֶל, וְהֵיכָן אׇהֳלוֹ? עִם אַחַת מֵהֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**A bone** the size of **a barley grain imparts impurity via carrying and contact, but it does not impart impurity in a tent.** This *halakha* was transmitted to Moses from Sinai. **And where** among these sources of impurity is impurity imparted in **a tent?** It is **with one of those** other two sources of impurity.


###### Chullin 126b:4
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הַגּוֹלֵל וְדוֹפֵק – מְטַמֵּא בְּמַגָּע וּבְאֹהֶל, וְאֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא בְּמַשָּׂא, וְהֵיכָן מַשָּׂאוֹ? עִם אֶחָד מֵהֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**A grave cover and a grave wall impart impurity via contact and in a tent, but they do not impart impurity via carrying.** This *halakha* too was transmitted to Moses from Sinai. **And where** among these sources of impurity is impurity transmitted via **carrying?** It is **with one of those** other two sources of impurity. It may be inferred from Rabbi Shimon’s statement that a full ladle of dust imparts impurity in a tent but not via contact that he disagrees with Rabbi Yosei and holds that overlying is not the same category as touching.


###### Chullin 126b:5
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קוּלִית נְבֵלָה וְקוּלִית הַשֶּׁרֶץ וְכוּ׳. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״בְּנִבְלָתָהּ״ – וְלֹא בְּקוּלִית סְתוּמָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§The mishna teaches: With regard to **the thigh bone of an unslaughtered carcass and the thigh bone of a creeping animal,** one who touches them when they are sealed remains ritually pure, because the bone itself does not impart impurity. With regard to this topic, **the Sages taught** in a *baraita*: The verse states: “One who touches the carcass thereof shall be impure until the evening” (Leviticus 11:39). The word **“carcass”** indicates that one who touches the carcass is impure, **but** one who touches **a sealed thigh bone is not.**


###### Chullin 126b:6
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יָכוֹל אֲפִילּוּ נִיקְּבָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״הַנּוֹגֵעַ … יִטְמָא״, אֶת שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר לִיגַּע – טָמֵא, וְאֶת שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לִיגַּע – טָהוֹר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One **might** have thought that **even** one who touches **a perforated** thigh bone remains pure. Therefore, **the verse states: “One who touches** the carcass thereof [*benivlatah*] **shall be impure,”** indicating that one who touches a part of the animal through **which it is possible to touch** the flesh, which has the halakhic status of an unslaughtered carcass [*neveila*], is **impure, but** one who touches a part of the animal through **which it is impossible to touch** the flesh remains **pure.** Therefore, one who touches a protective layer such as the outside of a sealed thigh bone does not become impure, as it is impossible to touch the marrow.


###### Chullin 126b:7
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי זֵירָא לְאַבָּיֵי: אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה, בְּהֵמָה בְּעוֹרָהּ לֹא תְּטַמֵּא? פּוֹק חֲזִי כַּמָּה נְקָבִים יֵשׁ בָּהּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Zeira said to Abaye: If that is so,** that one who touches the protective layer of a carcass via which it is impossible to touch the flesh of the carcass itself does not become impure, **an animal** still **in its hide should not impart impurity,** as one can touch the hide, which constitutes a protective layer, but not the flesh. Abaye answered: **Go out** and **see how many orifices there are in** the body of an animal via which one can touch the flesh, e.g., the eyes, the nostrils, and the mouth.


###### Chullin 126b:8
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב פָּפָּא לְרָבָא: אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה, כּוּלְיָא בְּחֶלְבָּהּ לֹא תְּטַמֵּא? תָּא חֲזִי כַּמָּה חוּטִין נִמְשָׁכִין הֵימֶנָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Similarly, **Rav Pappa said to Rava: If that is so,** that one who touches the protective layer of a carcass via which it is impossible to touch the flesh of the carcass itself does not become impure, **the kidney** of a carcass that is completely covered **in its fat should not impart impurity** via contact. Rava answered: **Come** and **see how many sinews emerge from** the kidney that one is able to touch.


###### Chullin 126b:9
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בָּעֵי רַב אוֹשַׁעְיָא: חִישֵּׁב עָלֶיהָ לְנוֹקְבָהּ וְלֹא נִיקְּבָה, מַהוּ? מְחוּסַּר נְקִיבָה כִּמְחוּסַּר מַעֲשֶׂה דָּמֵי, אוֹ לָא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§The mishna taught that the *halakha* distinguishes between a sealed and a perforated thigh bone of a carcass or a creeping animal. With regard to this topic, **Rav Oshaya raises a dilemma: What is** the *halakha* if **one intended to perforate** the thigh bone **but did not** yet **perforate it?** This is the dilemma: Is a thigh bone **lacking perforation considered to be lacking** the necessary **action** for it to impart impurity, and it therefore retains its status as a sealed thigh bone, **or not?**


###### Chullin 126b:10
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הֲדַר פַּשְׁטַהּ: מְחוּסַּר נְקִיבָה לָאו כִּמְחוּסַּר מַעֲשֶׂה דָּמֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabbi Oshaya **then resolves** the dilemma: A thigh bone **lacking perforation is not considered to be lacking** the necessary **action** for it to impart impurity. If one intends to perforate it, it imparts impurity immediately.


###### Chullin 126b:11
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**מַתְנִי׳** בֵּיצַת הַשֶּׁרֶץ הַמְרוּקֶּמֶת טְהוֹרָה, נִיקְּבָה כׇּל שֶׁהוּא – טָמֵא. עַכְבָּר שֶׁחֶצְיוֹ בָּשָׂר וְחֶצְיוֹ אֲדָמָה – הַנּוֹגֵעַ בַּבָּשָׂר טָמֵא, בָּאֲדָמָה טָהוֹר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אַף הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּאֲדָמָה שֶׁכְּנֶגֶד הַבָּשָׂר טָמֵא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **The egg of a creeping animal in which tissue** of an embryo **developed** and one who comes into contact with the egg are **ritually pure,** as the impure creeping animal is hermetically sealed. But if **one perforated** the egg with a hole of **any size,** one who comes in contact with the egg is **ritually impure.** In the case of **a mouse that** grows from the ground and **is half-flesh half-earth, one who touches the** half that is **flesh is impure;** one who touches **the** half that is **earth is pure. Rabbi Yehuda says: Even one who touches the** half that is **earth where it is adjacent to the flesh is ritually impure.**


###### Chullin 126b:12
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**גְּמָ׳** תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״הַטְּמֵאִים״ – לְרַבּוֹת בֵּיצַת הַשֶּׁרֶץ וְקוּלִית הַשֶּׁרֶץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The mishna states that in the case of an egg of a creeping animal in which tissue of an embryo developed, if it is perforated then one who touches it is ritually impure. With regard to this matter **the Sages taught** in a *baraita*: The verse states: “These are the impure ones to you among all that creep; whoever touches them when they are dead shall be impure until the evening” (Leviticus 11:31). The term **“the impure ones”** is interpreted as **including the egg of a creeping animal and the thigh bone of a creeping animal** in the category of sources of impurity.


###### Chullin 126b:13
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יָכוֹל אֲפִילּוּ לֹא רִיקְּמָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״הַשֶּׁרֶץ״ – מָה שֶׁרֶץ שֶׁרִקֵּם, אַף בֵּיצַת הַשֶּׁרֶץ שֶׁרִקְּמָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One **might** have thought that **even** an egg **in which tissue** of an embryo **has not developed** imparts impurity. Therefore, **the verse states: “That creep,”** indicating that **just as a creeping animal has developed tissue, so too** only **the egg of a creeping animal in which tissue** of an embryo **has developed** imparts impurity.


###### Chullin 126b:14
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יָכוֹל אֲפִילּוּ לֹא נִיקְּבוּ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״הַנּוֹגֵעַ … יִטְמָא״, אֶת שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר לִיגַּע – טָמֵא, וְאֶת שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לִיגַּע – טָהוֹר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One **might** have thought that in the case of an egg in which tissue of an embryo has developed, it imparts impurity **even** if it **was not perforated.** Therefore, **the verse states: “Whoever touches** them when they are dead **shall be impure,”** indicating that **when it is possible to touch** the flesh, contact renders one **impure; but when it is impossible to touch** the flesh, one remains **pure.**


###### Chullin 126b:15
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וְכַמָּה נְקִיבָתָהּ? כְּחוּט הַשַּׂעֲרָה, שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר לִיגַּע כְּחוּט הַשַּׂעֲרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And how** large must **its perforation** be to render one touching the egg or thigh bone impure? Its width must be the size of **a strand of hair, as it is possible** for one **to touch** the inside of an egg or thigh bone **with a strand of** his **hair.**


###### Chullin 126b:16
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עַכְבָּר שֶׁחֶצְיוֹ [וְכוּ׳]. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: וְהוּא שֶׁהִשְׁרִיץ עַל פְּנֵי כּוּלּוֹ. אִיכָּא דְּמַתְנֵי לַהּ אַסֵּיפָא – רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אַף הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּאֲדָמָה שֶׁכְּנֶגֶד בָּשָׂר טָמֵא, אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: וְהוּא שֶׁהִשְׁרִיץ עַל פְּנֵי כּוּלּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§The mishna teaches: In the case of **a mouse that** grows from the ground and **is half-**flesh half-earth, one who touches the half that is flesh is impure. **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says** in this regard: One becomes impure in such a case **only** if the flesh of the mouse has **developed along the entire** length of the mouse, from head to foot. **Some teach** the statement of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi **with regard to the latter clause** of the mishna: **Rabbi Yehuda says: Even one who touches** the half that is **earth where it is adjacent to the flesh is ritually impure. Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says:** One becomes impure in such a case **only** if the flesh of the mouse has **developed along the entire** length of the mouse.


###### Chullin 126b:17
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מַאן דְּמַתְנֵי לַהּ אַרֵישָׁא, כׇּל שֶׁכֵּן אַסֵּיפָא, וּמַאן דְּמַתְנֵי לַהּ אַסֵּיפָא – אֲבָל רֵישָׁא, אַף עַל גַּב דְּלָא הִשְׁרִיץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The one who teaches** the statement of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi **with regard to the first clause** of the mishna, **all the more so** he teaches this same *halakha* **with regard to the latter clause** of the mishna. **But the one who teaches** the statement of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi **with regard to the latter clause** of the mishna holds that it applies only to that clause, with regard to one who touches the half that is earth where it is adjacent to the flesh according to Rabbi Yehuda. **But** according to the opinion of the first *tanna*, stated in **the first clause** of the mishna, **even if** the flesh of the mouse **has not developed** along the entire length of the mouse, one who touches the half of the mouse that is flesh is impure.


###### Chullin 126b:18
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״עַכְבָּר״, שׁוֹמֵעַ אֲנִי אֲפִילּוּ עַכְבָּר שֶׁבַּיָּם, שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ עַכְבָּר. וְדִין הוּא: טִימֵּא בְּחוּלְדָּה וְטִימֵּא בְּעַכְבָּר, מָה חוּלְדָּה מִין הַגָּדֵל עַל הָאָרֶץ, אַף עַכְבָּר מִין הַגָּדֵל עַל הָאָרֶץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§**The Sages taught** in a *baraita* concerning the following verse: “And these are they which are impure to you among the creeping animals that creep upon the earth: The weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kinds” (Leviticus 11:29). **Since “mouse” is stated** among the creeping animals that impart impurity, **I** would **derive** that **even a sea mouse,** i.e., a sea creature that has an appearance similar to a mouse, imparts impurity **because its name is** also **mouse. But** ostensibly, the opposite conclusion could be derived through **logical inference:** The verse **deems a weasel impure and deems a mouse impure.** Therefore, **just as a weasel is a species that grows on land, so too** the **mouse** to which the verse is referring is **a species that grows on land;** a sea mouse does not impart impurity.


###### Chullin 126b:19
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אוֹ כְּלָךְ לְדֶרֶךְ זוֹ: טִימֵּא בְּחוּלְדָּה וְטִימֵּא בְּעַכְבָּר, מָה חוּלְדָּה כֹּל שֶׁשְּׁמָהּ ״חוּלְדָּה״, אַף עַכְבָּר כֹּל שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ ״עַכְבָּר״, אֲפִילּוּ עַכְבָּר שֶׁבַּיָּם שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ ״עַכְבָּר״. תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״עַל הָאָרֶץ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Or,** perhaps **go this way:** The verse **deems a weasel impure and deems a mouse impure;** accordingly, **just as “weasel”** is referring to **any** animal **whose name is weasel, so too, “mouse”** is referring to **any** animal **whose name is mouse, even a sea mouse, as its name is** also **mouse.** Therefore, **the verse states: “Upon the earth,”** indicating that a land mouse imparts impurity, but a sea mouse does not.


###### Chullin 126b:20
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אִי ״עַל הָאָרֶץ״, יָכוֹל עַל הָאָרֶץ – יְטַמֵּא, יָרַד לְיָם – לֹא יְטַמֵּא,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**If** this *halakha* is derived only from the phrase **“upon the earth,”** one **might** have thought that the verse means that any mouse, whether a land mouse or a sea mouse, **imparts impurity** when it is **upon the earth,** but if **it descended to the sea it does not impart impurity.**