Eine Person und Gefäße werden durch eine Leiche unrein. Es gibt eine Art und Weise, in der eine Person strenger ist als Gefäße, und in der Gefäße strenger sind als eine Person, indem die Gefäße drei Verunreinigungen übertragen können und die Person in der Lage ist Verunreinigung an zwei weitergeben. Eine Person ist strenger, da sie, solange sich die Person in der Mitte befindet, in der Lage ist, Unreinheiten an vier weiterzugeben. Und wenn die Person nicht in der Mitte ist, kann sie drei an Unreinheiten weitergeben.
Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot
שהכלים שלשה – as for example vessels that came in contact with a corpse and vessels [that came in contact] with vessels. And further, vessels are third [degree of ritual uncleanness [which came in contact’ with vessels that are second [degree of ritual uncleanness], all are impure.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Oholot
[Both] persons and vessels can be defiled through a corpse. While both people and vessels are defiled through a corpse, there are stringencies that apply to one that don't apply to others.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot
והאדם שנים – as for example, a person [who came in contact] with a corpse and a second person [came in contact] with that person that was defiled [through contact] with a corpse. But a third person who has third [who came in contact] with [a person] with second [degree of uncleanness] is ritually pure.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Oholot
A greater stringency applies to persons than to vessels and to vessels than to persons. For with vessels [there can be] three [series of defilements], whereas with persons [there can be only] two. There can be a series of three defilements involving only vessels, as we saw in mishnah two. Vessel one touches the corpse, vessel two touches vessel one, and vessel three touches vessel two (but it is impure only until the evening). However, when it comes to people, the second person has only "first degree impurity" and the person who touches him is pure, as we learned in mishnah one.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot
שהוא באמצע – as for example, vessels and a person and vessels. For the fourth, whether it is a person or vessels defiles until nightfall, as we learned from our Mishnah above (see Mishnah 1).
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English Explanation of Mishnah Oholot
A greater stringency applies to persons, for whenever they are in the middle of a [series] there can be four [in the series], whereas when they are not in the middle of a [series] there can be [only] three. This refers to the situation in mishnah three. A vessel touches a corpse, a person touches the vessel and the vessel touches that person and all three are impure for seven days. The fourth, whether person or vessel, is also impure. But if the second element is a vessel, then the third element is impure only until the evening and the fourth element is pure, as is the case in mishnah two.
