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If a zav and a ritually pure person climbed a tree that has little strength, which shook as they climbed it, or if they climbed onto a branch that has little strength, the ritually pure person is rendered ritually impure. One of the ways a zav imparts impurity is by movement, and here the zav is
The Talmud asks: What are the circumstances of this tree that has little strength, i.e., how is a tree with little strength defined? The rabbis of the school of R' Yannai say: It is any tree whose trunk is not broad enough that one can hollow out a vessel of 1/4th-kav from it. What are the circums
We learned in a Mishnah elsewhere (Oholot 18:6): With regard to one who walks in an area in which uncertainty exists concerning the location of a grave or corpse [beit haperas], if he treads over stones that he can move as he walks, raising concerns that he might have moved a bone of a corpse and t
The Talmud asks: What are the circumstances of a person that has little strength? Reish Lakish said: Any person whose knees knock against each other when someone rides upon him. What are the circumstances of an animal that has little strength? The rabbis of the school of R' Yannai say: Any animal t
§ As the Talmud has cited the rulings of the school of R' Yannai with regard to measurements, it now cites similar halakhot that the rabbis of the school of R' Yannai state: With regard to prayer and with regard to tefillin, the measure is 4 kav.