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If there is uncertainty whether or not a certain liquid has become ritually impure, it is presumed impure. It is an uncertainty with regard to Torah law, and the halakha is stringent in such cases. However, if the uncertainty is with regard to rendering other items impure, they are pure, as liqu
R' Yosei and R' Shimon say: In cases of uncertainty as to whether or not these liquids transmitted impurity to foods, the ruling is that the foods are impure, in accordance with the principle that when there is uncertainty in cases of Torah law, the halakha is stringent. R' Yosei and R' Shimon ma
With regard to the Tosefta, the Talmud asks: And does R' Elazar maintain that liquids have ritual impurity by Torah law at all? Wasn’t it taught in a baraita that R' Elazar says: There is no impurity for liquids at all by Torah law. Know that this is so, as Yosei ben Yo’ezer of Tzereida testified ab
The Talmud adds: This works out well according to the opinion of Shmuel, who said that in this context the term ritually pure means that they do not transmit impurity to other items; however, they themselves can become impure. If that is R' Elazar’s opinion, he indeed holds in accordance with the s
Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: When the baraita said that R' Elazar agreed with R' Meir, it was with regard to one of R' Meir’s opinions. R' Elazar agrees with R' Meir that in a case where there is uncertainty with regard to rendering other items impure, they are pure, as liquids transmit impurity by