苇席能因死尸而受不洁,是照轻重推论得来的:小陶瓶不受漏症之不洁,却受死尸之不洁;苇席既受漏症之不洁,岂不更该受死尸之不洁?但苇席也不能浸洗得洁——拉比哈尼纳 答:同类的别样器皿能浸洗得洁便够了。
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这是照轻重推论得来的:我们知道小器皿不受 漏症者 的不洁,因为它们本不是备着坐的,又小得那 漏症者 连一根指头也伸不进它的空处去。
And it is derived through an a fortiori inference: We know that small vessels do not become ritually impure through the impurity of a zav because they are not designated for sitting, and are too small for the zav to insert his finger into their airspace.
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小陶瓶既仍是洁的、不受 漏症者 的不洁,却又能因摸着死尸而成为不洁;那么苇席既受 漏症者 的不洁,岂不更该因摸着死尸而成为不洁么?
If small earthenware pitchers remain pure and are not susceptible to the impurity of a zav, but they do become ritually impure from contact with a corpse; is it not logical that a reed mat, which contracts impurity from a zav, will become ritually impure from contact with a corpse?
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但苇席何以该成为不洁呢?
And why should the reed mat become impure?
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它岂不也是不能在洁净池里浸洗得洁的么?
Isn’t it true that it does not have the possibility of purification in a ritual bath?
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拉比哈尼纳 对他说:那里论苇席另是一样,因为它同类的别样器皿是能浸洗得洁的——就是别样木器,那些用地里长出来的东西作成的,都能在洁净池里浸洗得洁。
Rabbi Ḥanina said to him: There, in the case of the mat, it is different because there is purification in other vessels of its kind, i.e., other wooden vessels that are made from materials that grow from the earth can be purified in a ritual bath.