Commentaire sur Parah 8:4
הָאוֹכֵל מִנִּבְלַת הָעוֹף הַטָּהוֹר וְהִיא בְּבֵית הַבְּלִיעָה, מְטַמֵּא בְגָדִים. הַנְּבֵלָה עַצְמָהּ אֵינָהּ מְטַמְּאָה בְגָדִים. הֲרֵי זֶה אוֹמֵר, מְטַמְּאֶיךָ לֹא טִמְּאוּנִי, וְאַתָּה טִמֵּאתָנִי:
Celui qui mange du cadavre non abattu d'un oiseau casher et qu'il [la viande] est dans sa gorge, les vêtements [qu'il porte] deviennent impurs. Le cadavre lui-même ne rend pas les vêtements impurs [par contact]. Voici [c'est comme si le vêtement] disait [à la personne]: Ce qui vous rend impur [c'est-à-dire le cadavre] ne m'impurifie pas, mais vous m'avez rendu impur! "
Bartenura on Mishnah Parah
האוכל מנבלת העוף טהור – the carrion of a clean bird, has no defilement if it came in contact with a person or with clothing, but in the esophagus it defiles humans to defile clothing, as it is taught in the Mishnah of Tractate Taharot (Chapter 1, Mishnah 1), and that what the clothing says to a person: “The things which made you unclean could not have made me unclean, etc.”
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English Explanation of Mishnah Parah
Introduction
The next four mishnayot have nothing to do with the red cow. They are all here because they contain the line, "Behold, that which defiled you did not defile me, but you did defile me."
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English Explanation of Mishnah Parah
One that eats of the carrion of a clean bird, while it is yet in his throat, causes garments to be unclean; One who eats carrion (an animal that wasn't slaughtered properly) of a clean bird (like a chicken) is impure. This is stated in Leviticus 17:15. The impurity occurs as soon as the bite he took reaches his throat. We will learn more of the details concerning this law in Tractate Toharot.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Parah
But the carrion itself does not cause garments to be unclean. The carrion itself does not cause impurity.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Parah
Behold [the garment] would say [to the person], "That which defiled you did not defile me, but you did defile me. This is the same personification we have seen in the other mishnayot.
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