Chukas 19:18 · unit 9 — even the grave of Adam HaRishon
Parashas Chukas · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 18
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וְלָקַ֨ח אֵז֜וֹב וְטָבַ֣ל בַּמַּ֘יִם֮ אִ֣ישׁ טָהוֹר֒ וְהִזָּ֤ה עַל־הָאֹ֙הֶל֙ וְעַל־כׇּל־הַכֵּלִ֔ים וְעַל־הַנְּפָשׁ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָֽיוּ־שָׁ֑ם וְעַל־הַנֹּגֵ֗עַ בַּעֶ֙צֶם֙ א֣וֹ בֶֽחָלָ֔ל א֥וֹ בַמֵּ֖ת א֥וֹ בַקָּֽבֶר׃
And a pure man shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, and sprinkle upon the tent and upon all the vessels and upon the persons who were there, and upon him who touched the bone or the slain or the dead or the grave.
Chabad.org — 19:18
Source Citation
Torah Temimah: Yerushalmi Nazir 7:2
Sefaria — Yerushalmi Nazir 7:2
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
תַּנְיָא, אָמַר רַבִּי יַנַּאי, אוֹ בַקָּבֶר, אֲפִלּוּ נָגַע בְּקֶבֶר אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן.
English: It was taught: R. Yannai said, “or a grave” — even if one touched the grave of Adam HaRishon.
Type of Learning Maximal inclusion of every human grave.
What Is Learned Contact with any human grave, including the first man’s, conveys the seven-day impurity.
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