Audio by Dr. Michael Sokolow

Mishnah Zavim 5:3: [The reason for the previous law] is because, whatever carries or is carried by items which one can lie upon is clean except a person. Whatever carries or is carried by a corpse of an animal is clean, except for one that moves it. Rabbi Eliezer says, also one that carries it. Whatever carries or is carried upon by a [human] corpse is clean except for the one that overshadows it, or a person when he moves it.

מפני שאמרו, כל הנושא ונשא על גבי משכב, טהור, חוץ מן האדם. כל הנושא ונשא על גבי הנבלה, טהור, חוץ מן המסיט. רבי אליעזר אומר, אף הנושא. כל הנושא ונשא על גבי המת, טהור, חוץ מן המאהיל, ואדם בזמן שהוא מסיט:

Mishnah Zavim 5:4: [If] part of an unclean person [zav] is on a clean person or part of a clean person is on an unclean person, [or if] things that are connected [such as teeth, hair or nails] of the unclean person are on a clean person, or the things that are connected to a clean person are on an unclean person, they are unclean. Rabbi Shimon says, [If] part of an unclean person is on a clean person, he is unclean, [but if] part of a clean person is on an unclean person, he is clean.

מקצת טמא על הטהור ומקצת טהור על הטמא, חבורי טמא על הטהור וחבורי טהור על הטמא, טמא. רבי שמעון אומר, מקצת טמא על הטהור, טמא. ומקצת טהור על הטמא, טהור:

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