## Sotah Daf 28b

###### Sotah 28b:1
[Sotah 28b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/28b:1)

כְּוַדַּאי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**like** a case of **certain** contact with an impure item? Accordingly, any cases of uncertain ritual impurity should be treated like certain impurity.


###### Sotah 28b:2
[Sotah 28b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/28b:2)

וּמִמָּקוֹם שֶׁבָּאתָ: מָה סוֹטָה רְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד — אַף שֶׁרֶץ רְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: **And** since the case of *sota* is the source for the *halakha* with regard to uncertain ritual impurity, the details of the *halakha* are also derived from the case of *sota*. Therefore, **from the place that you came** from, i.e., from the source, it is derived that **just as** the prohibition with regard to **a *sota*** applies only when the uncertainty arises in **the private domain,** i.e., when she has secluded herself with the alleged paramour, **so too,** uncertain contact with the carcass of **a creeping animal** renders an item impure only if the contact was in **the private domain.**


###### Sotah 28b:3
[Sotah 28b:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/28b:3)

וּמָה סוֹטָה דָּבָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ דַּעַת לִישָּׁאֵל — אַף שֶׁרֶץ דָּבָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ דַּעַת לִישָּׁאֵל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** furthermore, **just as a *sota* is an entity that has awareness** in order for her **to be asked** whether she actually committed adultery, **so too,** contact with **a creeping animal** renders an item impure only if it is **an entity that has awareness** in order for it **to be asked,** i.e., a person, or an item that may have contracted impurity in a place where a person was present and could have known.


###### Sotah 28b:4
[Sotah 28b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/28b:4)

וּמִכָּאן אָמְרוּ: דָּבָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ דַּעַת לִישָּׁאֵל, בִּרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד — סְפֵיקוֹ טָמֵא, בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים — סְפֵיקוֹ טָהוֹר. וְשֶׁאֵין בּוֹ דַּעַת לִישָּׁאֵל, בֵּין בִּרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד בֵּין בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים — סְפֵיקוֹ טָהוֹר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* concludes: **And from here** the Sages **stated** that if **an entity that has awareness** in order for it **to be asked** may have contracted impurity **in the private domain, its uncertain** impurity renders it **impure;** but if it may have contracted impurity **in the public domain, its uncertain** impurity leaves it **pure. And** with regard to an entity **that lacks awareness** in order for it **to be asked, whether** the uncertainty arose **in the private domain or in the public domain, its uncertain** impurity is deemed **pure,** as it is not similar to a *sota*.


###### Sotah 28b:5
[Sotah 28b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/28b:5)

וְרַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל: אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא תְּרוּמָה, וּמַהְדַּר לֵיהּ אִיהוּ כְּהוּנָּה?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara begins its discussion of the *baraita* by inquiring about the exchange between Rabbi Yishmael and Rabbi Akiva: **And** what was the intention of **Rabbi Yishmael?** Apparently, he commented on a statement of **Rabbi Akiva,** who **said** that it is prohibited for a *sota* to partake of ***teruma*, and he answered him** concerning the matter of the woman’s being prohibited to marry into the **priesthood,** which was not mentioned by Rabbi Akiva at all.


###### Sotah 28b:6
[Sotah 28b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/28b:6)

וְתוּ: לְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, כְּהוּנָּה מְנָא לֵיהּ? וְכִי תֵּימָא כְּהוּנָּה לָא צְרִיכָא קְרָא,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And furthermore, from where does Rabbi Akiva derive** that it is prohibited for a *sota* to marry into the **priesthood? And if you would say** that with regard to her prohibition against marrying into the **priesthood a verse is not necessary,**