Mesorat%20hashas for Tahorot 3:6

חֵרֵשׁ שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן שֶׁנִּמְצְאוּ בְמָבוֹי שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ טֻמְאָה, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ בְחֶזְקַת טָהֳרָה. וְכָל הַפִּקֵּחַ, בְּחֶזְקַת טֻמְאָה. וְכֹל שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ דַעַת לְהִשָּׁאֵל, סְפֵקוֹ טָהוֹר:

A deaf-mute, an idiot, or a child, if they were found in an alley that has an impurity in it [but there is a doubt as to whether it rendered them impure], they are assumed to be pure. But anyone fully competent is assumed to be impure. And [this is because] anyone who does not have sufficient understanding to be questioned [about his purity status], when his status is uncertain, he is [assumed to be] pure.

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