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one grain of dirt in a certain place in the mixture. That grain of dirt is thereby nullified by the dust of the corpse, and consequently the measure of the dust increases.
Rather, Rabba said that this is the reason for the opinion of R' Shimon: The halakha with regard to a corpse in its ultimate state of dust is like the halakha in its initial state of decomposition: Just as with regard to its initial state, if another matter is mixed with the decomposing corpse it
The Talmud asks: What is the source for the halakha that the dust of a corpse imparts impurity only if it is not mingled with the dust of any other substance? The Talmud answers: As it is taught in a baraita: Which is a corpse that has the halakha of dust, i.e., whose dust imparts impurity; and whi
And what is a corpse that does not have the halakha of dust? If a corpse was buried in its cloak, or in a wooden coffin, or on a brick floor, that is a corpse that does not have the halakha of dust that imparts impurity, as it is assumed that some of the dust is from particles of the clothes, wood,
§ The Talmud returns to discuss the matter itself, i.e., the baraita cited above that clarifies the opinion of R' Shimon: In the case of a ladleful of dust from a corpse into which any amount of dirt fell, the house is impure; and R' Shimon deems it pure. The baraita continues: In the case of a l