Audio by Dovid Stern

Mishnah Oholot 16:4: One who checks must check a cubit by a cubit and then may leave a cubit until he reaches a rock or virgin soil. One who removes soil from an impure place can eat from his Terumah [A portion of a crop given to a Kohen which becomes holy upon separation, and can only be consumed by Kohanim or their household] but one who clears away a mound cannot eat from his Terumah.

הַבּוֹדֵק, בּוֹדֵק אַמָּה עַל אַמָּה וּמַנִּיחַ אַמָּה, עַד שֶׁהוּא מַגִּיעַ לְסֶלַע אוֹ לִבְתוּלָה. הַמוֹצִיא אֶת הֶעָפָר מִמְּקוֹם טֻמְאָה, אוֹכֵל בְּדִמְעוֹ. הַמְפַקֵּחַ בַּגַּל, אֵינוֹ אוֹכֵל בְּדִמְעוֹ:

Mishnah Oholot 16:5: If he was checking and he reached a brook or a channel or a public road, he may stop. A field in which slain people were slain, he may gather bone by bone and everything is pure. One who removes a grave from his field, he may gather bone by bone and everything is pure. A pit into which miscarried fetuses or slain people were thrown, he may gather bone by bone and everything is pure. Rabbi Shimon says, if it was designated as a grave from the beginning, it has surrounding soil [that is considered impure and must also be collected].

הָיָה בוֹדֵק, הִגִּיעַ לְנַחַל אוֹ לִשְׁלוּלִית, אוֹ לְדֶרֶךְ הָרַבִּים, מַפְסִיק. שָׂדֶה שֶׁנֶּהֶרְגוּ בָהּ הֲרוּגִים, מְלַקֵּט עֶצֶם עֶצֶם וְהַכֹּל טָהוֹר. הַמְפַנֶּה קִבְרוֹ מִתּוֹךְ שָׂדֵהוּ, מְלַקֵּט עֶצֶם עֶצֶם וְהַכֹּל טָהוֹר. בּוֹר שֶׁמַּטִּילִים לְתוֹכוֹ נְפָלִים אוֹ הֲרוּגִים, מְלַקֵּט עֶצֶם עֶצֶם וְהַכֹּל טָהוֹר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אִם הִתְקִינוֹ לְקֶבֶר מִתְּחִלָּה, יֶשׁ לוֹ תְבוּסָה:

To subscribe click here To unsubscribe, click here
To view our archived/previous mesechtos click here
To learn about our program for Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yomi click here