[Avodah] Tum'at Yadayim

[Zev Sero]

Galsaba at aol.com wrote:

> The Gemara (Berachos 22a) where R. Yehudah ben Beseira said, "The words 
> of Torah do not receive Tum'ah". This is learned from Yirmiyahu 23:29 - 
> "are not all my words like fire, said Hashem?". Just as fire does not 
> receive Tum'ah, so too the words of Torah cannot become impure - also, 
> the Beis Yosef OC 88 DH v'Aha.

That's *words* of Torah, not *books* of Torah.  The gemara in Brachot
is specifically referring to the spoken words themselves.  A word can't
be tamei.

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