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.');"><sup>8</sup></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.');"><sup>9</sup></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.');"><sup>10</sup></span>
Tosefta Chagigah
There is a greater stringency with regards to consecrated food [of sacrifices] and Terumah than with regards to the [waters of] purification [containing the ashes of the red heifer], since everyone is believed regarding [the purity status of the waters of] purification, but not everyone is believed as to [the purity status of] consecrated foods or Terumah. There is greater stringency with regards to the [waters of] purification, which is that one who is pure [with respect to the waters of purification] is impure with respect to consecrated food and Terumah, and there is no than with the purity of consecrated food and Terumah. There is a "counting" with respect to consecrated food and Terumah (i.e., 3rd- and 4th- level impurity, see Minchat Yitzchak), but there is no "counting" as to the [waters of] purification. A mourner is forbidden [to partake] in tithes but permitted [to partake] in Terumah and in [the purification rite involving] the red heifer. A tevul yom (i.e., one who has immersed but remains impure until sunset) is forbidden in Terumah but permitted in tithes and in the red heifer. One who lacks atonement (i.e., who has not yet brought a sacrifice) is forbidden in the red heifer but permitted in tithes and in Terumah.
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