Translation:Mishnah/Seder Tohorot/Tractate Makhshirin/Chapter 6/8
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Mishnah 8
[edit]The milk of a woman defiles with desire and without desire and the milk of an animal defiles only with desire.
Said R. Akiva: The matter is an argumentum a fortiori: If the milk of a woman, which is specific only for minors, defiles with desire and without desire, the milk of an animal, which is specific for minors and for adults, should surely defile with desire and without desire!
Said they to him: No! If the milk of a woman defiles without desire, for the blood of her wound defiles, shall the milk of an animal defile without desire? For the blood of its wound is clean!
Said he to them: I am stringent with milk more than with blood for he who milks for medical purpose defiles and he who lets blood for medical purpose is clean.
Said they to him: Baskets of olives and grapes shall demonstrate, for the juice that ooze out from them – with desire defiles; without desire is clean.
Said he to them: