## Chullin Daf 25a

###### Chullin 25a:1
[Chullin 25a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/25a:1)

וַאֲפִילּוּ מְלֹא חַרְדָּל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
that it renders impure everything within it, **and** this is the *halakha* **even** if it is **full of mustard** seeds, in which case most of the seeds do not come in contact with the sides of the vessel, and nevertheless all the mustard seeds become impure.


###### Chullin 25a:2
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַדָּא בַּר אַהֲבָה לְרָבָא: וִיהֵא כְּלִי חֶרֶס מִיטַּמֵּא מִגַּבּוֹ, מִקַּל וְחוֹמֶר: וּמָה כׇּל הַכֵּלִים שֶׁאֵין מִיטַּמְּאִין מֵאֲוִירָן – מִיטַּמְּאִין מִגַּבָּן, כְּלִי חֶרֶס שֶׁמִּיטַּמֵּא מֵאֲוִירוֹ – אֵינוֹ דִּין שֶׁיְּטַמֵּא מִגַּבּוֹ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Adda bar Ahava said to Rava: And let** it be derived that **an earthenware vessel becomes impure from** contact of an impure item with **its outer side by means of an *a fortiori*** inference: **If all the** other types of **vessels, which do not become impure from** the presence of an impure item in **their airspace, become impure from** contact of an impure item with **their outer side,** then with regard to **an earthenware vessel, which becomes impure from** the presence of an impure item in **its airspace, isn’t it logical that it will become ritually impure from** contact of an impure item with **its outer side?**


###### Chullin 25a:3
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אָמַר קְרָא: ״וְכֹל כְּלִי פָתוּחַ אֲשֶׁר אֵין צָמִיד פָּתִיל עָלָיו״, אֵיזֶהוּ כְּלִי שֶׁטּוּמְאָתוֹ קוֹדֶמֶת לְפִתְחוֹ? הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר: זֶה כְּלִי חֶרֶס, וְכִי אֵין צָמִיד פָּתִיל עָלָיו הוּא דְּטָמֵא, הָא יֵשׁ צְמִיד פָּתִיל עָלָיו – טָהוֹר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: Therefore, **the verse states: “And every open vessel that has no sealed cover upon it** is impure” (Numbers 19:15), indicating that its impurity is dependent upon the mouth of the vessel. **Which is the vessel whose impurity hastily** takes effect just after the impure item enters **into its mouth? You must say** that is **an earthenware vessel. And** it is **when there is no sealed cover on it that** the vessel becomes **impure. But** when **there is a sealed cover on it,** the vessel is **pure,** as the earthenware vessel does not become impure from contact of an impure item with its outer side.


###### Chullin 25a:4
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וְיִהְיוּ כׇּל הַכֵּלִים מִיטַּמְּאִין מֵאֲוִירָן, מִקַּל וָחוֹמֶר: וּמָה כְּלִי חֶרֶס שֶׁאֵין מִיטַּמֵּא מִגַּבּוֹ – מִיטַּמֵּא מֵאֲוִירוֹ, כׇּל הַכֵּלִים שֶׁמִּיטַּמְּאִין מִגַּבָּן – אֵינוֹ דִּין שֶׁמִּיטַּמְּאִין מֵאֲוִירָן?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara suggests: **And let** it be derived that **all the** other **vessels become impure from** the presence of an impure item in **their airspace by means of an *a fortiori*** inference: **If an earthenware vessel, which does not become impure from** contact of an impure item with **its outer side, becomes impure from** the presence of an impure item in **its airspace,** then with regard to **all the** other **vessels, which become impure from** contact of an impure item with **their outer side, isn’t it logical that they will become ritually impure from** the presence of an impure item in **their airspace?**


###### Chullin 25a:5
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אָמַר קְרָא ״תּוֹכוֹ״, תּוֹכוֹ שֶׁל זֶה, וְלֹא תּוֹכוֹ שֶׁל אַחֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: Therefore, **the verse states** with regard to the carcasses of creeping animals: “And every earthenware vessel **into which [*tokho*]** any of them falls” (Leviticus 11:33), from which it is inferred: ***Tokho*,** i.e., the airspace, **of this** earthenware vessel renders the vessel impure, **and not *tokho*,** the airspace, **of** any **other** kind of vessel.


###### Chullin 25a:6
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וְהָנֵי ״תּוֹכוֹ״, הָא דַּרְשִׁינְהוּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara objects: How can the *halakha* be derived from the term *tokho* in that verse? **But didn’t** the Sages **interpret these** instances of ***tokho*** that appear in that verse and derive: Just as in the case of *tokho* that is stated with regard to transmitting impurity, the food is impure even though it did not come into contact with the vessel, so too, in the case of *tokho* that is stated with regard to the vessel becoming impure, the vessel is impure even though the impure item did not come into contact with it.


###### Chullin 25a:7
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אַרְבְּעָה ״תּוֹכוֹ״ כְּתִיבִי: ״תּוֹכוֹ״, ״תּוֹךְ״; ״תּוֹכוֹ״, ״תּוֹךְ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara explains: **Four** instances of the term ***tokho*** from which *halakhot* can be derived **are written: “*Tokho*”** is written, and ***tokh*** could have been written; those are two instances. Then, later in that verse, once again **“*tokho*”** is written, and ***tokh*** could have been written.


###### Chullin 25a:8
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חַד לְגוּפֵיהּ, וְחַד לִגְזֵרָה שָׁוָה, וְחַד ״תּוֹכוֹ שֶׁל זֶה וְלֹא תּוֹכוֹ שֶׁל אַחֵר״, וְחַד ״תּוֹכוֹ וְלֹא תּוֹךְ תּוֹכוֹ״, וַאֲפִילּוּ כְּלִי שֶׁטֶף.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**One** instance is **to** teach the *halakha* **itself,** that the vessel renders the food in its airspace ritually impure, **and one** instance is **to** teach the **verbal analogy** from which it is derived that the vessel becomes impure without contact with the impure item; **and one** source is to teach that ***tokho*,** the airspace, **of this** earthenware vessel renders the vessel impure, **and not *tokho* of** any **other** kind of vessel; **and one** source is to teach ***tokho*,** food in the airspace of an impure earthenware vessel becomes impure, **but not *tokh tokho*,** not food that is in the airspace of a vessel that is within an earthenware vessel, **and even** if that inner vessel is one of the other types of **vessel** purified through **rinsing** in the water of a ritual bath.


###### Chullin 25a:9
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וְלֹא יְהוּ כׇּל הַכֵּלִים מִיטַּמְּאִין מִגַּבָּן, אֶלָּא מִתּוֹכָן וּבִנְגִיעָה, מִקַּל וְחוֹמֶר: וּמָה כְּלִי חֶרֶס שֶׁמִּיטַּמֵּא מֵאֲוִירוֹ – אֵינוֹ מִיטַּמֵּא מִגַּבּוֹ, כׇּל הַכֵּלִים שֶׁאֵין מִיטַּמְּאִין מֵאֲוִירָן – אֵינוֹ דִּין שֶׁאֵין מִיטַּמְּאִין מִגַּבָּן?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And let** it be derived that **all the** other **vessels** do **not become impure from** contact of an impure item with **their outer sides, but** rather **from** the presence of an impure item **inside them and with contact** with their inner sides **by means of an *a fortiori*** inference: **If an earthenware vessel, which becomes impure from** the presence of an impure item in **its airspace, does not become impure from** contact of an impure item with **its outer side,** then with regard to **all the** other **vessels, which do not become impure from** the presence of an impure item in **their airspace, isn’t it logical that they do not become impure from** contact of an impure item with **their outer side?**


###### Chullin 25a:10
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אָמַר קְרָא: ״וְכֹל כְּלִי פָתוּחַ אֲשֶׁר אֵין צָמִיד פָּתִיל עָלָיו טָמֵא הוּא״, הַאי הוּא דְּכִי אֵין צָמִיד פָּתִיל עָלָיו טָמֵא, הָא יֵשׁ צָמִיד פָּתִיל עָלָיו טָהוֹר. הָא כׇּל הַכֵּלִים, בֵּין שֶׁיֵּשׁ צָמִיד פָּתִיל עֲלֵיהֶם בֵּין שֶׁאֵין צָמִיד פָּתִיל עֲלֵיהֶם – מִיטַּמְּאִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: Therefore, **the verse states: “And every open vessel that has no sealed cover upon it is impure”** (Numbers 19:15), from which it is derived: **This** earthenware vessel (see Leviticus 11:33) **is** the one **that when there is not a sealed cover upon it,** it is **impure, but** when **there is a sealed cover upon it,** it is **pure. But** with regard to **all the** other **vessels, whether there is a sealed cover upon them or whether there is not a sealed cover upon them, they become impure.**


###### Chullin 25a:11
[Chullin 25a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/25a:11)

**מַתְנִי׳** טָהוֹר בִּכְלֵי עֵץ, טָמֵא בִּכְלֵי מַתָּכוֹת; טָהוֹר בִּכְלֵי מַתָּכוֹת, טָמֵא בִּכְלֵי עֵץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** That which is **ritually pure in wooden vessels** is **ritually impure in metal vessels;** that which is **ritually pure in metal vessels** is **ritually impure in wooden vessels.**


###### Chullin 25a:12
[Chullin 25a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/25a:12)

**גְּמָ׳** תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: גּוֹלְמֵי כְּלִי עֵץ טְמֵאִין, פְּשׁוּטֵיהֶן טְהוֹרִין; גּוֹלְמֵי כְּלֵי מַתָּכוֹת טְהוֹרִין, פְּשׁוּטֵיהֶן טְמֵאִין. נִמְצָא טָהוֹר בִּכְלֵי עֵץ – טָמֵא בִּכְלֵי מַתָּכוֹת, טָהוֹר בִּכְלֵי מַתָּכוֹת – טָמֵא בִּכְלֵי עֵץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** **The Sages taught** in explanation of the mishna: **Unfinished [*golmei*] wooden vessels** that are receptacles and are fit for use but work remains to complete their crafting are susceptible to becoming **impure. Flat** wooden utensils are **not susceptible to impurity. Unfinished metal vessels** are **not susceptible to impurity. Flat** metal utensils are susceptible to becoming **impure. It is found** that that which is **ritually pure in wooden vessels** is **ritually impure in metal vessels;** that which is **ritually pure in metal vessels** is **ritually impure in wooden vessels.**


###### Chullin 25a:13
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וְאֵלּוּ הֵן גּוֹלְמֵי כְּלֵי עֵץ: כֹּל שֶׁעָתִיד לָשׁוּף, לְשַׁבֵּץ, לְגָרֵר, לְכַרְכֵּב, לְהָטִיחַ בְּטוּנָס, מְחוּסָּר כַּן אוֹ אוֹגֶן אוֹ אוֹזֶן – טָמֵא, מְחוּסָּר חֲטִיטָה – טָהוֹר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And these are** the **unfinished wooden vessels: Any** vessel **that** one plans in the **future to smooth, to set** gems or ornaments in it, **to plane** it, **to adorn** it with grooves and protuberances, **to rub** it and smooth it **with** the skin of **a tuna [*tunas*],** or if it is **lacking a base or a rim or a handle,** the vessel is susceptible to becoming **impure.** If the vessel is **lacking** the **hollowing** necessary to render it a receptacle, it is **not susceptible to impurity.**


###### Chullin 25a:14
[Chullin 25a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/25a:14)

מְחוּסָּר חֲטִיטָה, פְּשִׁיטָא! לָא צְרִיכָא, דְּחַק קְפִיזָא בְּקַבָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: Isn’t it **obvious** that if the vessel is **lacking hollowing,** it is not susceptible to becoming impure, as it is clearly not a vessel? The Gemara answers: **No,** it is **necessary** only in a case **where one hollowed three *log* [*kefiza*] in** a receptacle that he intends to hold **one *kav*,** which contains six *log*. Even though it is a receptacle, since the receptacle is incomplete it is not susceptible to impurity.


###### Chullin 25a:15
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וְאֵלּוּ הֵן גּוֹלְמֵי כְּלֵי מַתָּכוֹת: כֹּל שֶׁעָתִיד

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And these are** the **unfinished metal vessels: Any** vessel **that** one plans in the **future**