Audio by Michael Sokolow

Mishnah Taharos 10:3: Regarding olive press workers and olive harvesters, once he [the owner of the olive press] brings them into the area of the cave [containing a mikvah for ritual immersion], that is sufficient [for him to assume that they immersed themselves and their vessels, and are all pure], according to Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yose says: he must stand over them until they immerse. Rabbi Shimon says: if they consider them [themselves and the vessels requiring immersion] to be pure, he must stand over them until they immerse; but if they consider them impure, he does not have to stand over them until they immerse.

הַבַּדָּדִין וְהַבּוֹצְרִין, כֵּיוָן שֶׁהִכְנִיסָן לִרְשׁוּת הַמְּעָרָה, דַּיּוֹ, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, צָרִיךְ לַעֲמֹד עֲלֵיהֶן עַד שֶׁיִּטְבֹּלוּ. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אִם טְהוֹרִין לָהֶן, צָרִיךְ לַעֲמֹד עֲלֵיהֶם עַד שֶׁיִּטְבֹּלוּ. אִם טְמֵאִים לָהֶן, אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לַעֲמֹד עֲלֵיהֶם עַד שֶׁיִּטְבֹּלוּ:

Mishnah Taharos 10:4: If one takes [grapes to the vat for pressing] from a basket or from an area on the ground designated for spreading them out, Beit Shammai says: he must take them with pure hands, and if he took them with impure hands he has rendered them impure. Beit Hillel says: he may take them with impure hands, and he separates his terumah from them in purity. If [one takes the grapes to the vat] from the large basket [into which the grapes are harvested, before being brought to the wine press] or from a leaf-covered area designated for spreading them out, everyone is in agreement that he must take them with pure hands, and if he took them with impure hands he has rendered them impure.

הַנּוֹתֵן מִן הַסַּלִּים וּמִן הַמַּשְׁטֵחַ שֶׁל אֲדָמָה, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, נוֹתֵן בְּיָדַיִם טְהוֹרוֹת. וְאִם נָתַן בְּיָדַיִם טְמֵאוֹת, טִמְּאָן. בֵּית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, נוֹתֵן בְּיָדַיִם טְמֵאוֹת, וּמַפְרִישׁ תְּרוּמָתוֹ בְּטָהֳרָה. מִן הָעֲבַט וּמִן הַמַּשְׁטֵחַ שֶׁל עָלִים, הַכֹּל שָׁוִים שֶׁהוּא נוֹתֵן בְּיָדַיִם טְהוֹרוֹת. וְאִם נָתַן בְּיָדַיִם טְמֵאוֹת, טִמְּאָן:

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