Trivia: Beheimos asher Einenos Tehoros
Parshas No'ach mentions animals which are t'mei'os in the kashrus sense, but how is it possible to have a live animal which is tamei in the more common sense of the word, in which it is capable of transmitting tum'a to another object?
posted by Josh M. @ 10:16 PM
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sheratzim, no?
I should have included the word "live" in my post, as even besides dead sheratzim, dead animals are subject to the laws of tum'as ma'achal. I made the change.
Live animals cannot become tamei.
Furthermore, you're asking about the laws of tumah and taharah in a time when such laws were unknown and not kept.
The Wolf
Yes. But in certain obscure cases, they *can* be m'kablim tum'a. For example, see Eiruvin 1:7, which states that if one uses a living animal as a golel (I forget exactly what this is - perhaps a headstone for a grave?), it is m'tamei mishum ohel. IIRC, this tum'a persists even if the animal is then released from being used as a golel.
This tum'a would ostensibly apply *even nowadays*, in that a kohen would be oveir a lav if he were to be in the same building as this golel-animal. The connection to P' No'ach was tangential, and not part of the question.
OK, Kollel Iyun HaDaf brings down a three way machlokes as to the identity of the golel on their Background to the Daf page for Kesubos 4b:
* Rashi, Tos', Aruch, and Or Zarua hold that the golel is the cover of a coffin.
* Rabbeinu Tam holds that the golel is the gravestone.
* R' Moshe quoted in Or Zarua holds that the golel is the stone used as a door to a burial vault.
Hence, if one used a live animal for a golel, it would be tamei mishum ohel like the mais itself.
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