הַגַּבָּאִין שֶׁנִּכְנְסוּ לְתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת, וְכֵן הַגַּנָּבִים שֶׁהֶחֱזִירוּ אֶת הַכֵּלִים, נֶאֱמָנִין לוֹמַר, לֹא נָגָעְנוּ. וּבִירוּשָׁלַיִם נֶאֱמָנִין עַל הַקֹּדֶשׁ, וּבִשְׁעַת הָרֶגֶל אַף עַל הַתְּרוּמָה:
Coleccionistas [judíos, amei ha'aretz, que son designados por el rey para recaudar impuestos de otros judíos], que ingresaron a la casa [para hacer la promesa], y de la misma manera, ladrones, que devolvieron los recipientes [de barro] [que robaron] se cree que dicen: "No los tocamos" [en el interior. Esto, si los devolvieron en penitencia voluntaria, pero no por miedo.] Y en Jerusalén se les cree con respecto a Kodesh. [Se cree para toda la loza, tanto grande como pequeña, decir que están limpios para Kodesh; porque no hacen hornos (de alfareros) en Jerusalén. Por esta razón les creyeron y no decretaron en contra de ellos.] Y, durante el tiempo de la fiesta, (se creía) incluso para terumah, [está escrito (Jueces 20:11): "Y todos los hombres de Israel reunidos contra la ciudad como un solo hombre, chaverim ". Cuando están todos reunidos, las Escrituras los llaman "chaverim". Y un festival es un momento de reunión.]
Tosefta Chagigah
If tax collectors entered a house and wrote on the outside [that] everything that is in the house is [ritually] pure, they are believed as to the purity of [articles involved in] the purification rite [of the red heifer], but they are not believed about the purity of Terumah, and in Jerusalem they are believed as to the purity of all the consecrated utensils but not about Terumah, and during the season of the pilgrimmage festival, [they are even believed] about Terumah. One who buys utensils from am ha'aretz skilled craftspersons, and one who sells utensils to am ha'aretz skilled craftspersons are believed about the purity of [articles involved in] the purification rite, but are not believed about the purity of Terumah.
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Mishnah Tahorot
If tax collectors entered a house, the house is unclean. If a Gentile was with them they are believed if they say, "we did not enter" but they are not believed if they say "we didn't touch anything." If thieves entered a house, only that part in which the feet of the thieves have stepped is unclean. And what do they cause to be unclean? Food and liquids and open earthenware, but couches and seats and earthenware that have tightly fitting covers remain clean. If a Gentile or a woman was with them, all is unclean.
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