Hebrew · Jerusalem Talmud, ed. Guggenheimer (Hebrew/Aramaic)רִבִּי סִימוֹן בְּשֵׁם רִבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי. מַעֲשֶׂה בְפִרְדָה שֶׁלְּבֵית רִבִּי שֶׁמֵּתָה. וְטִהֲרוּ דָמָהּ מִשּׁוּם נְבֵילָה. רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר שָׁאַל לְרִבִּי סִימוֹן. עַד כַּמָּה. וְלֹא אַגִּיבֵיהּ. שָׁאַל לְרִבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי וְאָמַר לֵיהּ. עַד רְבִיעִית טָהוֹר. יוֹתֵר מִכָּן טָמֵא. וּבְאֵשׁ לְרִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר. דְּלָא חֲזַר לֵיהּ רִבִּי סִימוֹן שְׁמוּעֲתָא. רַב בֵּיבַי הֲוָה יְתִיב מַתְנֵי הָדֵין עוֹבְדָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רִבִּי יִצְחָק בַּר כַּהֲנָא. עַד רְבִיעִית טָהוֹר. יוֹתֵר מִיכָּן טָמֵא. וּבְעִיט בֵּיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רִבִּי זְרִיקָן. בְּגִין דִּשְׁאַל לָךְ אַתְּ בְּעַט בֵּיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. הָא דְלָא הֲוָות דַּעְתִּי עָלַי. כְּדָמַר רִבִּי חָנִין. וְהָיוּ חַיֶּיךָ תְּלוּיִם לְךָ מִנֶּגֶד. זֶה הַלּוֹקֵחַ חִטִּים לַשָּׁנָה. וּפָחַדְתָּ לַיְלָה וְיוֹמָם. זֶה הַלּוֹקֵחַ מִן הַסִּידָקִי. וְלֹא תַאֲמִין בְּחַיֶּיךָ. זֶה הַלּוֹקֵחַ מִן הַפַּלְטָר. וַאֲנָא סְמוּךְ לְפַלְטֵירָא. מַיי כְדוֹן. הֵעִיד רִבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן בְּתֵירָא עַל דַּם נְבֵילוֹת שֶׁהוּא טָהוֹר. מָהוּ טָהוֹר. טָהוֹר מִלְּהַכְשִׁיר. הָא לְטַמּוֹת מְטַמֵּא. תַּמָּן תַּנִּינָן. דַּם הַשֶּׁרֶץ בִּבְשָׂרוֹ מְטַמֵּא וְאֵינוֹ מַכְשִׁיר. וְאֵין לָנוּ כַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ. וְאֵין לָנוּ כַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ כְּשִׁיעוּר טוּמְאָתוֹ. אֲבָל דָּמוֹ מְטַמֵּא כִבְשָׂרוֹ. אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף. מָאן דָּמַר. טָמֵא. כְּרִבִּי יְהוּדָה. טָהוֹר. כְּרִבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן בְּתֵירָה. אָמַר לֵיהּ רַב אֶבְדַּוּמָה נְחִיתָה. וְיֵאוּת רִבִּי יְהוּדָה מוֹרְיָינָא דְּנְשִׂיָיה הֲוָה.
English · Heinrich W. GuggenheimerRebbi Simon in the name of Rebbi Joshua ben Levi: It happened that a mule of Rebbi’s household died and they declared its blood pure regarding the carcass. Rebbi Eleazar asked Rebbi Simon, how much? He did not answer him. He asked Rebbi Joshua ben Levi who told him, it is pure up to a quartarius. More than that is impure. Rebbi Eleazar felt badly that Rebbi Simon had not repeated the tradition to him. Rav Bevai was sitting stating this occurrence. Rebbi Isaac bar Cahana asked him, it is pure up to a quartarius; more than that impure? He was unfriendly to him. Rebbi Zeriqan asked him, because he asked you, you were unfriendly to him? He answered him, because my mind was not clear, as Rebbi Ḥanin said, your life will hang far from you, that is one who buys a year’s supply of wheat, you will be fearful night and day, that is one who buys from the Saracen, and you will not believe in your survival, that is one who buys from the retail store, and I am dependent on retail stores. What about it? “Rebbi Joshua ben Bathyra testified about blood of carcasses that it is pure.” What means pure? It is pure in that it does not prepare, but for impurity it makes impure. There, we have stated “The blood of a crawling animal (in) [is like] its flesh, it makes impure but does not prepare. Nothing else is like this.” Nothing else is like this in the amount needed for its impurity. But its blood makes impure like its flesh. Rav Joseph said, he who says “impure” follows Rebbi Jehudah; he who says “pure” follows Rebbi Joshua ben Bathyra. Rav Eudaimon the emigrant told him, this is correct; Rebbi Jehudah was the instructor of the Patriarch.