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Mishnah Oholot 18:6: One who walks through the Beit Pras on stones that he cannot move, or on a person or animal who have strength that is good, he is pure. On stones that he can move, or on a person or animal who have strength that is bad, he is impure. One who walks through the land of the [non-Jewish] nations on mountains or rocks, he is impure. By the sea or on a bluff, he is pure. What is the bluff? Any place where the sea rises during its storm.

הַמְהַלֵּךְ בְּבֵית הַפְּרָס עַל אֲבָנִים שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לַהֲסִיטָן, עַל הָאָדָם וְעַל הַבְּהֵמָה שֶׁכֹּחָן יָפֶה, טָהוֹר. עַל אֲבָנִים שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לַהֲסִיטָן, עַל הָאָדָם וְעַל הַבְּהֵמָה שֶׁכֹּחָן רָע, טָמֵא. הַמְהַלֵּךְ בְּאֶרֶץ הָעַמִּים, בֶּהָרִים וּבַסְּלָעִים, טָמֵא. בַּיָּם וּבַשּׁוּנִית, טָהוֹר. וְאֵיזֶהוּ הַשּׁוּנִית, כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁהַיָּם עוֹלֶה בְזַעְפּוֹ:

Mishnah Oholot 18:7: One who buys a field in Syria next to the Land of Israel, if he can enter it in purity, it is pure and it is obligated in tithes and in [the laws of] the Sabbatical year. If he cannot enter it in purity, it is impure and it is obligated in tithes and in [the laws of] the Sabbatical year. The dwelling places of non-Jews are impure. How long must they live there to [make the place] require checking? Forty days, even if a woman is not with him. If there was a slave or a woman watching it, it does not need checking.

הַקּוֹנֶה שָׂדֶה בְסוּרְיָא, סְמוּכָה לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, אִם יָכוֹל לְהִכָּנֵס לָהּ בְּטָהֳרָה, טְהוֹרָה, וְחַיֶּבֶת בַּמַּעַשְׂרוֹת וּבַשְּׁבִיעִית. וְאִם אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְהִכָּנֵס לָהּ בְּטָהֳרָה, טְמֵאָה, וְחַיֶּבֶת בַּמַּעַשְׂרוֹת וּבַשְּׁבִיעִית. מְדוֹרוֹת הַגּוֹיִם, טְמֵאִין. כַּמָּה יִשְׁהֶא בְתוֹכָן וִיהֵא צָרִיךְ בְּדִיקָה, אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין עִמּוֹ אִשָּׁה. וְאִם הָיָה עֶבֶד אוֹ אִשָּׁה מְשַׁמְּרִים אוֹתוֹ, אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ בְּדִיקָה:

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