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הלכות טומאת מת ד׳Defilement by a Corpse 4

Chapter 4 of 25 in Defilement by a Corpse — 14 halachot

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Halacha 1א׳

רְבִיעִית דָּם הַבָּאָה מִשְּׁנֵי מֵתִים טְהוֹרָה עַד שֶׁתִּהְיֶה כָּל הָרְבִיעִית מִמֵּת אֶחָד. שִׁדְרָה שֶׁנִּגְמְרָה מִשְּׁנֵי מֵתִים כְּגוֹן שֶׁהָיוּ מִקְצָת הַחֻלְיוֹת מֵאֶחָד וְתַשְׁלוּמָן מִמֵּת אַחֵר וְכֵן הַגֻּלְגּלֶת שֶׁל שְׁנֵי מֵתִים וְרֹבַע עֲצָמוֹת מִשְּׁנֵי מֵתִים וְאֵיבָר מִן הַמֵּת מִשְּׁנֵי מֵתִים כָּל אֵלּוּ אֵינָן מְטַמְּאִין בְּאֹהֶל אֶלָּא בְּמַגָּע וּבְמַשָּׂא כִּשְׁאָר כָּל עֲצָמוֹת:

A quarter-log of blood that comes from two corpses is pure, until the whole quarter is from one corpse. A spinal column completed from two corpses — as when some of the vertebrae were from one and their completion from another corpse; and likewise a skull from two corpses; and a quarter-kab of bones from two corpses; and a limb from a corpse made up from two corpses — all these do not convey impurity by a tent, but only by contact and by carrying, like all the other bones.

Halacha 2ב׳

אֵיבָר מִן הַחַי מִשְּׁנֵי אֲנָשִׁים טָהוֹר אֲפִלּוּ מֵאִישׁ אֶחָד אִם נֶחְלַק לִשְׁנַיִם טָהוֹר:

A limb from a living person made up from two men is pure; and even from one man, if it was divided in two, it is pure.

Halacha 3ג׳

כְּזַיִת בָּשָׂר מִשְּׁנֵי מֵתִים וּכְזַיִת נֶצֶל מִשְּׁנֵי מֵתִים וּמְלֹא חָפְנַיִם רֶקֶב מִשְּׁנֵי מֵתִים שֶׁכָּל אֶחָד מֵהֶן יֵשׁ לוֹ רֶקֶב הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה. וְכֵן כַּחֲצִי זַיִת בָּשָׂר וְכַחֲצִי זַיִת נֶצֶל מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה. וּשְׁאָר כָּל הַטֻּמְאוֹת שֶׁבַּמֵּת אֵין מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה מִפְּנֵי שֶׁלֹּא שָׁווּ בְּשִׁעוּרֵיהֶן:

An olive's bulk of flesh from two corpses; an olive's bulk of putrefied flesh from two corpses; and a double handful of mould from two corpses, each of which has mould — these join together with one another. So too half an olive's bulk of flesh and half an olive's bulk of putrefied flesh join together with one another. But all the other corpse-impurities do not join together with one another, since their measures are not equal.

…and 9 more halachot in this chapter.

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