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Rabban Shimon says: If the liquids were in vessels, they are ritually impure; however, if they were in the ground, they are ritually pure, as explained below.
Rav Pappa said: Even according to the one who says that in general the ritual impurity of liquids is by Torah law, the purity of the liquids of the Temple slaughterhouse is a halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai, which the rabbis learned through tradition. Rav Huna, son of Rav Natan, said to Rav
Rav Huna, son of Rav Natan, continued: And if they learned the ritual purity of liquids of the slaughterhouse as a halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai through tradition, do we derive other halakhot from it? There is a principle that one cannot derive halakhic principles from halakhot transmitte
Furthermore, Ravina said to Rav Ashi, also in rejection of Rav Pappa’s statement: Isn’t it R' Shimon, who said that in general the ritual impurity of liquids is by Torah law? As it was taught in a baraita that R' Yosei and R' Shimon say: With regard to vessels that came into contact with impure li
Ravina continues: And yet here, with regard to the liquids in the Temple, Rabban Shimon said: Liquids in vessels are ritually impure, and liquids in the ground are pure. And if you say that the purity of the liquids of the Temple slaughterhouse is a halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai, what d