Audio by Michael Sokolow

Mishnah Parah 8:5: All offspring of impurity [i.e. items which contracted secondary or tertiary levels of ritual impurity, as opposed to inherently impure items] cannot render vessels impure, but a liquid [they can render impure]. If a liquid became impure [from an offspring of impurity], it renders them [vessels with which it comes into contact] impure. Behold it [is as though the vessel] says [to the liquid]: That which renders you impure [i.e. the offspring of impurity] does not impurify me, yet you have rendered me impure!"

כָּל וְלַד הַטֻּמְאוֹת אֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא כֵלִים, אֶלָּא מַשְׁקֶה. נִטְמָא מַשְׁקֶה, טִמְּאָן. הֲרֵי זֶה אוֹמֵר, מְטַמְּאֶיךָ לֹא טִמְּאוּנִי וְאַתָּה טִמֵּאתָנִי:

Mishnah Parah 8:6: An earthenware vessel cannot render its fellow [earthenware vessel] impure, but a liquid [it can render impure]. If a liquid became impure, it makes it [the vessel which holds it] ritually impure. Behold it [is as though the vessel] says [to the liquid]: That which renders you impure [i.e. the other earthenware vessel] does not impurify me, yet you have rendered me impure!"

אֵין כְּלִי חֶרֶשׂ מְטַמֵּא חֲבֵרוֹ, אֶלָּא מַשְׁקֶה. נִטְמָא מַשְׁקֶה, טִמְּאַתּוּ. הֲרֵי זֶה אוֹמֵר, מְטַמְּאֶיךָ לֹא טִמְּאוּנִי וְאַתָּה טִמֵּאתָנִי:

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