Commentary for Zevachim 34:4

מר סבר טומאה דכל התורה כולה ומר סבר טומאה דהך פרשה

Now, one Master holds: This applies to every form of uncleanness mentioned in the Torah;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Including a tebul yom who had been a zab. He still lacks atonement, and thus Scripture teaches that although such is unfit elsewhere, an exception is made in the case of the red heifer.');">⁸</span> while the other Master holds that it applies to the uncleanness dealt with in this chapter only.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., that caused by contact with a dead body.');">⁹</span> Therefore an onen and a tebul yom rendered [originally] unclean through a [dead] reptile,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Bah. emends omitting onen: therefore a tebul yom rendered (originally) unclean through a sherez or through carrion.');">¹⁰</span>

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