[Avodah] Tum'at Yadayim

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Nov 19, 2007 11:08 AM, Gershon Dubin <gershon.dubin at juno.com> wrote:

>
> This is intended, both in the Gemara and in the Shulchan Aruch, to say
> that when a PERSON is tamei, he may still learn Torah.  Nothing at all to do
> with touching KISVEI HAKODESH, whose tum'ah (one of the 18 gezeros in the
> 1st perek of Shabbos) is for a completely unrelated reason.
>
> Gershon
> gershon.dubin at juno.com
>
> Correct. The G'zeriah  is to keep T'rumah away from Kisvei Kodesh lest
mice  feed on the  scrolls.


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