拉比西缅 所说有孔无孔之别，单在种子能否受不洁。答曰：论一切 哈拉哈，他都把有孔之盆看作与地分离；惟独不洁一层另有经文——利未记 11:37「所要种的种子」——凡称得起「所种的」便仍是洁的。
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——单在种子能不能受不洁这一层上。
is with regard to rendering seeds capable of becoming ritually impure.
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有孔之盆里的种子，律上算是种在地里的，因此不能受不洁。
Seeds that are in a perforated pot have the legal status of seeds planted in the ground and, as such, cannot become ritually impure.
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没有孔之盆里的种子，算是与地分离的，就能受不洁。
Seeds that are in an imperforated pot are considered detached from the ground and can become ritually impure.
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可见论别处的 哈拉哈，拉比西缅 以为有孔之盆里的草，断例与种在地里的一样（梅伊里注）。
Apparently, in other areas of halakha, Rabbi Shimon holds that a plant in a perforated pot has the legal status of a plant in the ground (Me’iri).
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他对他说：论一切 哈拉哈 之事，拉比西缅 都把有孔之盆看作与地分离的。
He said to him: With regard to all matters of halakha, Rabbi Shimon equates the status of a perforated pot with that of being detached.
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惟独不洁这一层另是一样，因为 妥拉 在种子的洁净上说得格外宽，正如经上说：「若是死的落在要种的种子上，那种子仍是洁净」（利未记 11:37）。
However, the matter of impurity is different, as the Torah amplified purity with regard to seeds, as it is stated: “And if anything falls from their carcasses upon any sowing seed that is sown, it is pure” (Leviticus 11:37).
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「要种的种子」一语重复着说，正教明凡称得起「所种的」——连长在有孔之盆里的也在内——都仍是洁的。
The repetitive language: “Any sowing seed that is sown” teaches that any seed that can be characterized as sowing, including one growing in a perforated pot, remains pure.
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至于别处的 哈拉哈，有孔之盆的断例与没有孔的盆是一样的。
However, in other areas of halakha, the status of a perforated pot is equal to that of an imperforated pot.