Mishnayos Niddah Perek 9 Mishnah 5
ื ืื ืคืจืง ืืณ ืืฉื ื ืืณ
5
In a case of three women who were sleeping in one bed that was located adjacent to a wall, and blood was discovered beneath the middle woman, all of them are ritually impure. If the blood was discovered beneath the woman on the inside, closest to the wall, the two innermost women are ritually impure and the woman on the outside is ritually pure. If the blood was discovered beneath the woman on the outside, farthest from the wall, the two outermost women are ritually impure and the woman on the inside is ritually pure. When is that the ruling? It is when they passed into their positions on the bed via the foot of the bed; but if they passed into their positions on the bed via the side of the bed, over the place where the blood was discovered, all of them are ritually impure. If immediately after the blood was discovered, one of them examined herself and she was found to be ritually pure, she is pure and the other two are impure. If two of them examined themselves and found that they were ritually pure, they are pure and the third is impure. If all three of them examined themselves and found that they were ritually pure, all of them are ritually impure, as the blood must have originated from one of them. To what case is this matter comparable? It is similar to the case of a ritually impure pile of stones with an olive-bulk of a corpse beneath it, where this pile was intermingled with two ritually pure piles, and they examined one of them and found it pure. That pile is pure and the other two are impure. If they examined two of them and found them ritually pure, they are ritually pure and the third is impure. If they examined all three of them and found them ritually pure, all of them are impure; this is the statement of Rabbi Meir, as Rabbi Meir would say: With regard to any item that has the presumptive status of ritual impurity, it forever remains in its state of ritual impurity, even if one examined the relevant area or item and the source of impurity was not found, until it becomes known to you where the ritual impurity is. The assumption is that the impurity was not found because the examination was not conducted properly. And the Rabbis say: One continues searching the relevant area until he reaches bedrock or virgin soil, beneath which there is certainly no ritual impurity. If no ritual impurity is found at that stage, presumably an animal dragged the olive-bulk of the corpse from beneath the pile, and the pile of rocks is pure.
ืฉืึธืืฉื ื ึธืฉืึดืื ืฉืึถืึธืืึผ ืึฐืฉืึตื ืึนืช ืึผึฐืึดืึผึธื ืึทืึทืช ืึฐื ึดืึฐืฆึธื ืึธื ืชึผึทืึทืช ืึธืึถืึฐืฆึธืขึดืืช, ืึผึปืึผึธื ืึฐืึตืืึนืช. ืชึผึทืึทืช ืึทืคึผึฐื ึดืืึดืืช, ืฉืึฐืชึผึทืึดื ืึทืคึผึฐื ึดืืึดืึผืึนืช ืึฐืึตืืึนืช ืึฐืึทืึดืืฆืึนื ึธื ืึฐืืึนืจึธื. ืชึผึทืึทืช ืึทืึดืืฆืึนื ึธื, ืฉืึฐืชึผึทืึดื ืึทืึดืืฆืึนื ืึนืช ืึฐืึตืืึนืช ืึฐืึทืคึผึฐื ึดืืึดืืช ืึฐืืึนืจึธื. ืึธืึทืจ ืจึทืึผึดื ืึฐืืึผืึธื, ืึตืืึธืชึทื, ืึผึดืึฐืึทื ืฉืึถืขึธืึฐืจืึผ ืึถืจึถืึฐ ืึทืจึฐืึผึฐืืึนืช ืึทืึผึดืึผึธื. ืึฒืึธื ืึดื ืขึธืึฐืจืึผ ืฉืึฐืึธืฉืึฐืชึผึธื ืึผึถืจึถืึฐ ืขึธืึถืืึธ, ืึผึปืึผึธื ืึฐืึตืืึนืช. ืึผึธืึฐืงึธื ืึทืึทืช ืึตืึถื ืึฐื ึดืึฐืฆึตืืช ืึฐืืึนืจึธื, ืึดืื ืึฐืืึนืจึธื ืึผืฉืึฐืชึผึทืึดื ืึฐืึตืืึนืช. ืึผึธืึฐืงืึผ ืฉืึฐืชึผึทืึดื ืึผืึธืฆึฐืืึผ ืึฐืืึนืจืึนืช, ืึตื ืึฐืืึนืจืึนืช ืึฐืึทืฉึผืึฐืึดืืฉืึดืืช ืึฐืึตืึธื. ืฉืึฐืึธืฉืึฐืชึผึธื ืึผืึธืฆึฐืืึผ ืึฐืืึนืจืึนืช, ืึผึปืึผึธื ืึฐืึตืืึนืช. ืึฐืึทื ืึทืึผึธืึธืจ ืึผืึนืึถื, ืึฐืึทื ืึธืึตื ืฉืึถื ึผึดืชึฐืขึธืจึตื ืึผึตืื ืฉืึฐื ึตื ืึทืึผึดืื ืึฐืืึนืจึดืื, ืึผืึธืึฐืงืึผ ืึทืึทื ืึตืึถื ืึผืึธืฆึฐืืึผ ืึธืืึนืจ, ืืึผื ืึธืืึนืจ ืึผืฉืึฐื ึทืึดื ืึฐืึตืึดืื. ืฉืึฐื ึทืึดื ืึผืึธืฆึฐืืึผ ืึฐืืึนืจึดืื, ืึตื ืึฐืืึนืจึดืื ืึฐืึทืฉึผืึฐืึดืืฉืึดื ืึธืึตื. ืฉืึฐืึธืฉืึฐืชึผึธื ืึผืึธืฆึฐืืึผ ืึฐืืึนืจึดืื, ืึผึปืึผึธื ืึฐืึตืึดืื, ืึผึดืึฐืจึตื ืจึทืึผึดื ืึตืึดืืจ, ืฉืึถืึธืึธื ืจึทืึผึดื ืึตืึดืืจ ืืึนืึตืจ, ืึผึธื ืึผึธืึธืจ ืฉืึถืืึผื ืึฐืึถืึฐืงึทืช ืึปืึฐืึธื, ืึฐืขืึนืึธื ืืึผื ืึฐืึปืึฐืึธืชืึน, ืขึทื ืฉืึถืึผึดืึผึธืึทืข ืึฐืึธ, ืึปืึฐืึธื ืึตืืึธื ืึดืื. ืึทืึฒืึธืึดืื ืืึนืึฐืจึดืื, ืึผืึนืึตืง ืขึทื ืฉืึถืึผึทืึผึดืืขึท ืึฐืกึถืึทืข ืืึน ืึดืึฐืชืึผืึธื:
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ืืจืื ืืจื
ืชืืช ืืคื ืืืืช โ the one [woman] of the side where the wall is called the โinside,โ and the โouterโ is called to that one of the side through the path of ascending to the bed. And that which the Tanna/teacher [of the Mishnah] distinguishes here between that which is found underneath the โinsideโ to that found underneath the โoutside,โ for above (in the previous Mishnah) where it is taught, โand if blood is found under one of them, all of them are impure,โ he doesnโt distinguish between that found underneath the โinsideโ and that found underneath the โoutside,โ it explains in the Gemara (Tractate Niddah 61a) that above we are speaking when they are in close contact and attached together. Therefore, one can doubt about the โouterโ one even when the blood is found underneath the โinsideโ one.
ืืืืชื -that they said that [if the blood] is found underneath the โouterโ one, the โinnerโ one is pure.
ืืืื ืฉืขืืจื ืืจื ืืจืืืืช ืืืื (bottom part of bedstead) โ and the โinnerโ one did not pass on the place of finding blood.
ืืื ืขืืจื ืฉืืฉืชื ืืืจื ืขืืื โ that they are treading and passing over the [area of] the โouterโ one.
ืืืื ืืืืืช โ and even the โinnerโ one, for perhaps when the โinnerโ one passed through there, it (i.e., the blood) fell from her.
ืืื ืืื (a defiled heap) โ that there was an oliveโs bulk from the dead personโs corpse there.
ืขื ืฉืืืืข ืืกืืข ืื ืืืชืืื โ virgin soil. If he didnโt find it, the heap is pure. For I could say that a raven came and took the defiling thing. But here, when all three of them examined themselves and found themselves to be pure, the Rabbis agree with Rabbi Meir that all of them are impure, for this blood, from where did it come? Perforce it is from one of them. And the Halakha is according to the Sages.
ืชืืช ืืคื ืืืืช. ืืืชื ืฉื ืฆื ืืงืืจ ืงืจืืื ืคื ืืืืช, ืืืืฆืื ื ืงืจืืื ืืืชื ืฉื ืฆื ืืจื ืขืืืืช ืืืื. ืืื ืืืคืืื ืชื ื ืืื ืืื ืืฉื ืืฆื ืชืืช ืืคื ืืืืช ืื ืืฆื ืชืืช ืืืืฆืื ื, ืืืขืื ืงืชื ื ืื ืืฆื ืื ืชืืช ืืืช ืืื ืืืื ืืืืืช, ืืื ืืคืืื ืืื ื ืืฆื ืชืืช ืคื ืืืืช ืื ืืฆื ืชืืช ืืืฆืื ื, ืืคืจืฉ ืืืืจื ืืืขืื ืืืืจื ืืฉืื ืชืืืคืืช ืืืืืงืืช ืืื, ืืืืื ืืืื ืืกืคืืงื ืืืืฆืื ื ืืคืืื ืืฉื ืืฆื ืืื ืชืืช ืืคื ืืืืช:
ืืืืชื. ืืืจื ื ืืฆื ืชืืช ืืืืฆืื ื ืคื ืืืืช ืืืืจื:
ืืืื ืฉืขืืจื ืืจื ืืจืืืืช ืืืื. ืืื ืขืืจื ืคื ืืืืช ืขื ืืงืื ืืฆืืืช ืืื:
ืืื ืขืืจื ืฉืืฉืชื ืืจื ืขืืื. ืฉืื ืืืจืกืืช ืืขืืืจืืช ืขื ืืืืฆืื ื:
ืืืื ืืืืืช. ืืืคืืื ืคื ืืืืช, ืืฉืื ืืฉืขืืจื ืคื ืืืืช ืืจื ืฉื ื ืคื ืืื ื:
ืืื ืืื. ืฉืืื ืฉื ืืืืช ืื ืืืช:
ืขื ืฉืืืืข ืืกืืข ืื ืืืชืืื. ืงืจืงืข ืืชืืื. ืืื ืื ืืฆื, ืืื ืืืืจ, ืืืืืืจ ืื ืขืืจื ืื ืื ืืช ืืืืืื. ืืื ืืื ืืฉืืืงื ืฉืืฉืชื ืืืฆืื ืืืืจืืช, ืืืื ืจืื ื ืืจืณ ืืืืจ ืืืืื ืืืืืช, ืืืื ืื ืืืืื ืืชื, ืขื ืืจืื ืืืื ืื ืืืื ืืื. ืืืืื ืืืืืื: