And the pure person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day, and shall purify him on the seventh day; and he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be pure at evening.
English: From here [we learn] that an earthenware vessel does not become an av hatumah. Why? The verse says “and he shall purify him” and “whatever the unclean touches shall be unclean and the person who touches shall be unclean” — wherever we read “and he shall purify him” we read the person-touch clause.
Type of Learning
Limitation of vessel impurity grade.
What Is Learned
Earthenware does not rise to av hatumah status through this contact framework.