תלמוד על עדיות 4:6

There (Mishnah Idiut 4:6) we have stated: “Someone who rubbed himself with pure oil, then he became impure, he descended¹⁰¹He descended into the miqweh for purification. and immersed himself. The House of Shammai say, he is pure even if it¹⁰²The oil was not washed off but is still on his body. Since his body is pure, so is the rubbing oil which became part of his body. drips, but the House of Hillel say impure¹⁰³It seems that they declare only the oil to remain impure, but one can also make the argument that the person remains impure since the water of the miqweh cannot touch his skin where it is covered by oil.. But if the oil was impure to start out with, the House of Shammai say, up to the anointing of a small limb¹⁰⁴Both Talmudim (Yerushalmi Šabbat 8:1, Babli Šabbat 77a) agree that “a small limb” is a small limb of a newborn. This is the maximum amount that can become pure by immersion of one’s body.; but the House of Hillel say, moist fluid¹⁰⁵It feels moist but does not transfer moisture to anything that touches it.. Rebbi Yehudah says in the name of the House of Hillel, moist and making moist.” The opinions of the House of Hillel are reversed! There they say “impure” and here they say “pure.” There it is visible, here it is absorbed in the towel.