Study Niddah folio 57A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Talmud: The Mishnah teaches that the Samaritans do not observe burial customs for stillborn children. The Talmud asks: What verse did they interpret as a source for this practice? The Talmud replies that they interpreted the verse: “You shall not remove your fellow’s boundary marker, which was boun
The Talmud explains: The rabbis derived from this verse that it is prohibited to sell one’s ancestral burial ground. In accordance with this interpretation of the verse, the Samaritans derived that any individual who has an inheritance, i.e., who stands to inherit land, has a boundary, i.e., a bur
The Mishnah teaches that Samaritans are deemed credible to state: We buried the stillborn children in a certain place, or to state that they did not bury the stillborn children there, and that place does not transmit ritual impurity. The Talmud objects: But the Samaritans do not accept the rabbis’ i
The Talmud objects: But perhaps he is an impure priest and therefore he does not refrain from standing in an impure place. The Talmud explains: The Mishnah is referring to a situation where the priest is holding teruma in his hand, which indicates he is ritually pure. The Talmud further objects: Bu
The Talmud asks: If so, i.e., if this is the circumstance, it is obvious that the Samaritan priest’s testimony can be accepted. Then what is the purpose of stating this halakha? The Talmud answers: The ruling of the Mishnah is necessary, lest you say that the Samaritans are not knowledgeable with r