Commentary for Kiddushin 49:17
ורבנן נמי נדמייה לטומאה טהרה מטהרה הוה ליה למילף ורבי נדמייה לטבילה וכבס בגדיו הפסיק הענין
just as the flesh is exposed, so must all [which requires contact with the water] be exposed. They differ in respect to sprinkling: Rabbi compares it to uncleanliness, whereas the Rabbis compare it to tebillah. And both differ on this verse: And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean [etc.].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XIX, 29.');"><sup>27</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The sages prefer to learn a rule related to purification from another rule related to purification.
Rabbi compares it to impurity and not immersion because there are a few words that separate “and purify him” with “and bathe himself in water.” This interruption prevents us from connecting the purification method with the immersion.
Rabbi compares it to impurity and not immersion because there are a few words that separate “and purify him” with “and bathe himself in water.” This interruption prevents us from connecting the purification method with the immersion.
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy