Talmud for Shabbat 127:14
הן אם הרבה בטומאת ערב שהיא מרובה נרבה בטומאת שבעה שהיא מועטת
[the Divine Law] teaches defilement by a dead reptile, and it teaches defilement by the dead: just as when it teaches defilement by a reptile, it declares unclean only that which is spun and woven; so when it teaches defilement by the dead, it declares unclean only that which is spun and woven. How so! If it is lenient in respect to defilement through a reptile, which is lighter, shall we be lenient<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., shall we deduce a lenient ruling by analogy? ');"><sup>13</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat
Rebbi Ḥiyya in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: בִּירית is any single one, כְּבָלִים any ones connected by a chain151Cf. Notes 20,21.. (Rebbi)152As the sequel shows one has to read “Rav”. G is lacunary at this place. Jehudah says, בִּירית is a step-chain, as Rav Jehudah said, we are offering a sacrifice to the Eternal, everybody what he found of gold items, אֶצְעָדָ֣ה וְצָמִ֔יד טַבַּעַ֭ת עָגִ֣יל וְכוּמָ֑ז, to atone for our persons before the Eterna1153Num. 31:50.. אֶצְעָדָ֣ה is an anklet154With G one has to read Greek ποδοψέλλιον τό “anklet”., צָמִ֔יד are bracelets, as you are saying, and the bracelets on her arms155Gen. 27:47.. טַבַּעַ֭ת rings. עָגִ֣יל earrings, as you are saying, earrings on your ears156Ez. 16:12.. וְכוּמָ֑ז some are saying this is the form of a womb, but some are saying the form of breasts157Babli 64a. טפוס is Greek τύπος, ὁ, “carved figure, image”..
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