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is with regard to rendering seeds capable of becoming ritually impure. Seeds that are in a perforated pot have the legal status of seeds planted in the ground and, as such, cannot become ritually impure. Seeds that are in an imperforated pot are considered detached from the ground and can become rit
A certain Elder raised a dilemma before R' Zeira: In a case where the root of a plant in a perforated pot is opposite the hole, what would R' Shimon say in terms of whether or not it is considered attached to the ground? He was silent and did not say anything to him. The Talmud relates that once t
Abaye said: And if the statement of R' Zeira that R' Shimon holds that a perforated pot is considered attached to the ground, was stated, it was stated as follows: And R' Shimon agrees that if the pot was perforated below the level where it could hold 1/4th of a log, it is no longer considered a ves
Apropos the purification of an earthenware vessel, the Talmud cites that Rava said: 5 measures were stated with regard to holes in an earthenware vessel: If it was perforated with a small hole from which liquid seeps, it is no longer a vessel and is ritually pure in terms of the impurity of a shard
Rav Asi said: I heard that with regard to an earthenware vessel, the measure of the hole that renders it unable to become ritually impure is large enough to enable a pomegranate to go out. Rava said to him: Perhaps you only heard this when its mouth is surrounded by a sealed cover, but an ordinary