Tahorot 2

הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁהָיְתָה כוֹבֶשֶׁת יָרָק בִּקְדֵרָה וְנָגְעָה בְעָלֶה חוּץ לַקְּדֵרָה בְמָקוֹם הַנָּגוּב, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ כַבֵּיצָה, הוּא טָמֵא וְהַכֹּל טָהוֹר. נָגְעָה בִמְקוֹם הַמַּשְׁקֶה, אִם יֶשׁ בּוֹ כַבֵּיצָה, הַכֹּל טָמֵא. אֵין בּוֹ כַבֵּיצָה, הוּא טָמֵא וְהַכֹּל טָהוֹר. חָזַר לַקְּדֵרָה, הַכֹּל טָמֵא. הָיְתָה מַגַּע טְמֵא מֵת וְנָגְעָה, בֵּין בִּמְקוֹם הַמַּשְׁקֶה בֵּין בְּמָקוֹם הַנָּגוּב, אִם יֶשׁ בּוֹ כַבֵּיצָה, הַכֹּל טָמֵא. אֵין בּוֹ כַבֵּיצָה, הוּא טָמֵא וְהַכֹּל טָהוֹר. הָיְתָה טְבוּלַת יוֹם מְנַעֶרֶת אֶת הַקְּדֵרָה בְּיָדַיִם מְסֹאָבוֹת, וְרָאֲתָה מַשְׁקִין עַל יָדֶיהָ, סָפֵק מִן הַקְּדֵרָה נִתְּזוּ, סָפֵק שֶׁהַקֶּלַח נָגַע בְּיָדֶיהָ, הַיָּרָק פָּסוּל וְהַקְּדֵרָה טְהוֹרָה:

A woman who was pickling vegetables in a pot and touched [with impure hands] a dry part of a leaf outside the pot [but which was partially immersed, or connected to a stalk immersed in the pot], even if it [the entire leaf] has the equivalent of an egg [in volume], it is impure, and everything else is pure [because when her impure hands, which are a second degree impurity, touched the dry part of the leaf, it became a third degree impurity, which does not generate further impurity]. If she touched a wet part, if it has [at least] the equivalent of an egg [in volume], everything is impure; if it does not have the equivalent of an egg, it is impure and everything [else] is pure. If it [the wet part of the leaf] returns to the pot, everything is impure. If it [her hand] had been rendered impure through contact with a dead body, and she touched either a moist or dry part [of a leaf sticking out of the pot], if it has the equivalent of an egg [in volume], everything is impure; if it does not have the equivalent of an egg, it is impure and everything [else] is pure. If a woman who had immersed that day [and therefore was still of a second degree impurity until sunset] was emptying the pot with dirty [i.e. impure] hands and she saw liquids on her hands, and it is doubtful as to whether they were splashed from the pot, or that the stalk touched her hands, the vegetable [connected to the stalk] is invalid [i.e. impure], and [the rest of] the pot is pure.

רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, הָאוֹכֵל אֹכֶל רִאשׁוֹן, רִאשׁוֹן. אֹכֶל שֵׁנִי, שֵׁנִי. אֹכֶל שְׁלִישִׁי, שְׁלִישִׁי. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, הָאוֹכֵל אֹכֶל רִאשׁוֹן וְאֹכֶל שֵׁנִי, שֵׁנִי. שְׁלִישִׁי, שֵׁנִי לַקֹּדֶשׁ וְלֹא שֵׁנִי לַתְּרוּמָה, בְּחֻלִּין שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ לְטָהֳרַת תְּרוּמָה:

Rabbi Eliezer says: One who eats foods of a first degree [level of impurity] is [himself rendered] of a first degree; [if he eats] foods of a second degree, [he is rendered] of a second degree; foods of a third degree, [he is rendered] of a third degree. Rabbi Yehoshua says: One who eats foods of a first degree or of a second degree is [rendered] of a second degree; [one who eats foods] of a third degree, [he is rendered] of second degree for sanctified foods, but not for <i>terumah</i>, [and this applies] with non-sacred food prepared with the purity stringency of <i>terumah</i> [since regular non-sacred foods do not have third degree impurity].

הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁבַּחֻלִּין, טָמֵא וּמְטַמֵּא. הַשֵּׁנִי פּוֹסֵל וְלֹא מְטַמֵּא. וְהַשְּׁלִישִׁי נֶאֱכָל בִּנְזִיד הַדָּמַע:

Non-sacred food of a first degree [level of impurity] is impure and can render others impure. That of a second degree, is invalid [literally: renders invalid], but does not render impure. And [non-sacred food] of a third degree can be eaten in a soup of <i>demai</i> [non-sacred foods into which some amount of <i>terumah</i> has been mixed].

הָרִאשׁוֹן וְהַשֵּׁנִי שֶׁבַּתְּרוּמָה טְמֵאִין וּמְטַמְּאִין. הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, פּוֹסֵל וְלֹא מְטַמֵּא. וְהָרְבִיעִי, נֶאֱכָל בִּנְזִיד הַקֹּדֶשׁ:

<i>Terumah</i> of a first or second degree is impure and can render [other things] impure. [<i>Terumah</i>] of a third degree, is invalid [literally: renders invalid], but does not render impure. And that of fourth degree can be eaten in a soup containing sanctified foods.

הָרִאשׁוֹן וְהַשֵּׁנִי וְהַשְּׁלִישִׁי שֶׁבַּקֹּדֶשׁ, טְמֵאִין וּמְטַמְּאִין. הָרְבִיעִי, פּוֹסֵל וְלֹא מְטַמֵּא. וְהַחֲמִישִׁי, נֶאֱכָל בִּנְזִיד הַקֹּדֶשׁ:

Sanctified foods of a first, second, or third degree are impure and render [other things] impure. [Sanctified foods] of a fourth degree are invalid [literally: render invalid], but do not render impure. [Sanctified foods] of a fifth degree can be eaten in a soup containing sanctified foods.

הַשֵּׁנִי שֶׁבְּחֻלִּין, מְטַמֵּא מַשְׁקֵה חֻלִּין, וּפוֹסֵל לְאֳכָלֵי תְרוּמָה. הַשְּׁלִישִׁי שֶׁבַּתְּרוּמָה, מְטַמֵּא מַשְׁקֵה קֹדֶשׁ, וּפוֹסֵל לְאֳכָלֵי קֹדֶשׁ שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ לְטָהֳרַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ. אֲבָל אִם נַעֲשׂוּ לְטָהֳרַת תְּרוּמָה, מְטַמֵּא שְׁנַיִם וּפוֹסֵל אֶחָד בַּקֹּדֶשׁ:

Non-sacred foods of a second degree render non-sacred liquids impure, and invalidate [foods] for those who eat <i>terumah</i>. <i>Terumah</i> of a third degree renders sanctified liquids impure, and invalidates [foods] for those who eat sanctified foods, [and this applies] when they were prepared with the purity stringency of sanctified things. But if they were prepared [only] with the purity stringency of <i>terumah</i>, it [<i>terumah</i> of a third degree] renders, with regard to sanctified foods, two impure [i.e. creates, upon contact, a first degree impurity and, in turn, a second degree impurity] and invalidates one [in turn, to be a third degree level of impurity, but not a fourth degree; this is because foods prepared with the purity stringency of <i>terumah</i> are still impure at a first degree level with regard to sanctified foods, but they do not retain a fourth degree impurity, since <i>terumah</i> cannot retain a fourth degree of impurity].

רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, שְׁלָשְׁתָּן שָׁוִין. הָאֶחָד שֶׁבַּקֹּדֶשׁ וְשֶׁבַּתְּרוּמָה וְשֶׁבְּחֻלִּין, מְטַמֵּא שְׁנַיִם וּפוֹסֵל אֶחָד בַּקֹּדֶשׁ, מְטַמֵּא אֶחָד וּפוֹסֵל אֶחָד בַּתְּרוּמָה, וּפוֹסֵל אֶת הַחֻלִּין. הַשֵּׁנִי שֶׁבְּכֻלָּן, מְטַמֵּא אֶחָד וּפוֹסֵל אֶחָד בַּקֹּדֶשׁ, וּמְטַמֵּא מַשְׁקֵה חֻלִּין, וּפוֹסֵל לְאֳכָלֵי תְרוּמָה. הַשְּׁלִישִׁי שֶׁבְּכֻלָּן, מְטַמֵּא מַשְׁקֵה קֹדֶשׁ וּפוֹסֵל לְאֳכָלֵי קֹדֶשׁ:

Rabbi Eliezer says: The three of them are the same. First degree sanctified foods, <i>terumah</i> foods, and non-sanctified foods, [all] render two impure and invalidate one with regard to sanctified foods; [they all] render one impure and invalidate one with regard to <i>terumah</i>; and they invalidate non-sanctified foods [by rendering them impure]. The second degree [foods] for all [of these three categories], render one impure and invalidate one with regard to sanctified foods, render non-sanctified liquids impure, and invalidate [foods, by rendering them impure] for those who eat <i>terumah</i>. The third degree [foods] for all [of these three categories], render sanctified liquids impure, and invalidate [foods] for those who eat sanctified foods.

הָאוֹכֵל אֹכֶל שֵׁנִי, לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה בְּבֵית הַבָּד. וְחֻלִּין שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ עַל גַּב קֹדֶשׁ, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ כְחֻלִּין. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בַּר רַבִּי צָדוֹק אוֹמֵר, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ כִתְרוּמָה, לְטַמֵּא שְׁנַיִם וְלִפְסֹל אֶחָד:

One who is eating foods of a second degree [impurity] should not work in an olive press [since his body becomes of a second degree, and he then renders liquids impure]. And non-sacred foods that were prepared with the stringency of sacred foods still follow the rules of non-sacred foods [i.e. unlike sacred foods, they cannot be rendered third degree by a second degree impurity, nor are they rendered fourth degree by a third degree impurity]. Rabbi Elazar bar Rabbi Tzadok says: In fact they are like <i>terumah</i>, in that [if they touch an origin of impurity] two are rendered impure [those rendered of a first and second degree impurity] and one is invalidated [that of a third degree; and it does not produce a fourth].