זֵיתִים מֵאֵימָתַי מְקַבְּלִין טֻמְאָה. מִשֶּׁיַּזִּיעוּ זֵעַת הַמַּעֲטָן, אֲבָל לֹא זֵעַת הַקֻּפָּה, כְּדִבְרֵי בֵית שַׁמָּאי. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, שִׁעוּר זֵעָה שְׁלשָׁה יָמִים. בֵּית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, מִשֶּׁיִּתְחַבְּרוּ שְׁלשָׁה זֶה לָזֶה. רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, מִשֶּׁתִּגָּמֵר מְלַאכְתָּן. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים כִּדְבָרָיו:
A partire da quando le olive possono essere rese impure [essendo innescate per l'impurità da un liquido]? Una volta sudano l'umidità nella vasca [in cui vengono collocate le olive per ammorbidirle per la spremitura], ma non per l'umidità nel cestello [in cui vengono inserite dopo essere state raccolte], secondo Beit Shammai. Il rabbino Shimon dice: la misura del sudore è di tre giorni [cioè l'umidità che le olive sudano mentre nella vasca non le innescano per impurità finché non sono state lì per tre giorni]. Beit Hillel dice: quando [si ammorbidiscono in modo tale che] tre si collegano tra loro [solo allora l'umidità che emerge da loro li innesca per impurità]. Rabban Gamliel dice: una volta terminato il loro lavoro [cioè una volta che non si aggiungono più olive alla vasca e sono pronte per essere portate al frantoio]; e i saggi dicono in accordo con lui.
Tosefta Chullin
The airspace above an earthenware vessel is impure and its outer side is pure, [while] the airspace above all [other] vessels is pure and their outer side is impure (Hul. 24b:11), and consequently it is said (Hul. 1:6), "What is pure in an earthenware vessel is impure in all [other] vessels, and what is impure [Vienna Man., "pure"] in all [other] vessels is pure [Vienna Man., "impure"] in an earthenware vessel." Flat wooden vessels are pure, and unformed [wooden vessels] are impure, [while] flat metal vessels are impure, and unformed [metal vessels] are pure, and consequently it is said (Hul. 1:6), "[What is] pure in a wooden vessel is impure in a metal vessel, [and what is] pure in a metal vessel is impure in a wood vessel." And one who brings chests and ovens, basins, and earthenware [vessels] from outside the Land [of Israel]: Before they are fired, [vessels are deemed] impure because they were [produced in] the lands of the [Gentile] nations, except that [they are deemed] pure if they are earthenware vessels, [but] once they have been fired, [vessels are deemed] impure if they are earthenware vessels, and [all other vessels are deemed] pure because they were [produced in] the lands of the [Gentile] nations, and consequently it is said, "Whenever [vessels are deemed] impure by virtue of [being produced in] the lands of the [Gentile] nations, [they are deemed ] pure by virtue of being earthenware vessels, and whenever [vessels are deemed] impure by virtue of being earthenware vessels, they are [deemed] pure by virtue of [being produced in] the lands of the [Gentile] nations." Olives are impure when dry and pure when wet (per MS Vienna, but see Toh. 9:1), [but olive] pits are impure when wet and pure when dry, and consequently it is said, "[What is] pure when dry is impure when wet, [and what is] pure when wet is impure when dry." Bitter almonds: The small ones are liable [for tithing], and the large ones are exempt. And sweet [almonds]: The large ones are liable and the small ones are exempt, and consequently it is said (Hul. 1:6), "[What is] liable in bitter almonds is exempt in sweet [almonds], [and what is] liable in sweet [almonds] is exempt in bitter [almonds]. "
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