Commentary for Avodah Zarah 74:7
דיקרב בדיקרב נמי דאורייתא הוא דכתיב (במדבר יט, כב) וכל אשר יגע בו הטמא יטמא
But [the impurity of] a person who comes in contact with one who had touched a corpse is also from the Torah, for it is written, “And whatsoever the unclean person touches shall be impure” (Numbers 19:22).
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
The problem with the above resolution is that the law that a person who is defiled by contact with the dead defiles another person is also from the Torah. So how can we say the rabbis decreed this? And how could Yose b. Yoezer cancel a biblical law?
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