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any impure thing shall not be eaten” (Leviticus 7:19). Are we not dealing even with a case where meat touched an object that was ritually impure with second-degree ritual impurity? And nevertheless, the verse states explicitly that it is impure and assumes third-degree ritual impurity status. No oth
The Talmud returns to its previous point: And if it enters your mind that R' Yosei holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva that non-sacred objects can assume third-degree impurity status, let him also teach the halakha of the 4th degree of impurity with regard to teruma, and the fifth degre
However, with regard to the fact that R' Akiva does not hold in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei, from where do we derive this? Perhaps he accepts R' Yosei’s a fortiori inference and holds that teruma assumes 4th-degree impurity status and consecrated items assume fifth-degree impurity statu
Rav Kahana said to Rav Ashi that there is indirect proof that this is the case. As it is not possible to avoid finding at least one tanna who teaches 4th-degree impurity with regard to teruma and fifth-degree impurity with regard to consecrated items, and says that this is the opinion of R' Akiva,
Rav Ashi, and some say it was Rav Kahana, left the study hall to examine this matter. He analyzed the issue and found proof positive that R' Akiva does not hold that there is fifth-degree impurity with regard to consecrated items. He proved this from that which we learned in a Mishnah: A vessel join