Audio by Dr. Michael Sokolow

Mishnah Uktzin 3:1: There are those [foods] which [before they can be rendered impure] require being primed [for impurity, by becoming damp] but which do not require intentional thought [designating them for human consumption]; and [there are those which require] intentional thought and being primed; and [there are those which require] intentional thought but not being primed; and [finally, there are those which require] neither being primed, nor intentional thought [before they can be rendered impure]. All foods which are designated for human consumption require being primed, but do not require intentional thought.

יֵשׁ צְרִיכִין הֶכְשֵׁר וְאֵינָן צְרִיכִים מַחֲשָׁבָה, מַחֲשָׁבָה וְהֶכְשֵׁר, מַחֲשָׁבָה וְלֹא הֶכְשֵׁר, לֹא הֶכְשֵׁר וְלֹא מַחֲשָׁבָה. כָּל הָאֳכָלִים הַמְיֻחָדִים לָאָדָם צְרִיכִין הֶכְשֵׁר וְאֵינָן צְרִיכִים מַחֲשָׁבָה:

Mishnah Uktzin 3:2: [The following require both intentional thought, designating them for human consumption, and being primed for impurity by becoming damp, before they can be rendered impure:] one that severs [flesh] from a human, from a [domesticated] beast, from a [wild] animal, from fowl, from the carrion of an impure [i.e. non-kosher] bird, and [forbidden] fat in villages, and all remaining kinds of field vegetables, except for truffles and mushrooms. Rabbi Yehuda says: except for field-leeks, purslane and milk-blossom. And Rabbi Shimon says: except for wild artichoke. Rabbi Yose says: except for grape hyacinth. These [all] require both intentional thought and being primed [for impurity].

הַחוֹתֵךְ מִן הָאָדָם, וּמִן הַבְּהֵמָה, וּמִן הַחַיָּה, וּמִן הָעוֹפוֹת, מִנִּבְלַת הָעוֹף הַטָּמֵא, וְהַחֵלֶב בַּכְּפָרִים, וּשְׁאָר כָּל יַרְקוֹת שָׂדֶה חוּץ מִשְּׁמַרְקָעִים וּפִטְרִיּוֹת. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, חוּץ מִכְּרֵשֵׁי שָׂדֶה וְהָרְגִילָה וְנֵץ הֶחָלָב. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, חוּץ מִן הָעַכָּבִיּוֹת. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, חוּץ מִן הַכְּלוּסִין, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ צְרִיכִין מַחֲשָׁבָה וְהֶכְשֵׁר:

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