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ולאו מקל וחומר קאתי: ומה משקין הבאין מחמת כלי — מטמאין, משקין הבאין מחמת שרץ — לא כל שכן!
The Talmud asks: And doesn’t the impurity of liquids that came into contact with a creeping animal come from an a fortiori inference: Just as liquids that come to a state of impurity due to contact with a vessel, which itself became impure due to contact with a creeping animal, transmit impurity, with regard to liquids that come to a state of impurity due to contact with a creeping animal, all the more so is it not clear that they transmit impurity to a vessel?
דיו לבא מן הדין להיות כנדון.
The Talmud answers: Since the basic halakha of these liquids is derived by means of an a fortiori inference, no stringencies are added to it, in accordance with the principle: It is sufficient [dayyo] for the conclusion that emerged from the a fortiori inference to be like the source of the inference. In other words, a halakha derived by means of an a fortiori inference is no more stringent than the source from which it is derived. In this case, liquid that became impure through contact with a creeping animal transmits impurity to the same extent that liquid that became impure through contact with a vessel does.
״יטמא״ דרישא היכי דריש? ״מכל האכל אשר יאכל אשר יבוא עליו מים יטמא״, יטמא — לטמא את המשקין. אתה אומר לטמא את המשקין, או אינו אלא לטמא את הכלי?
The Talmud asks: How does R' Akiva interpret the term: should be impure, in the first portion of the verse: “From all food which may be eaten, upon which water has come, should be impure” (Leviticus 11:34)? He interprets the term: should be impure, as: should render impure. Food transmits ritual impurity to liquids. Do you say that the term teaches that food transmits impurity to liquids, or perhaps the term teaches only that food transmits impurity to a vessel?