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Commentary for Leviticus 11:38

וְכִ֤י יֻתַּן־מַ֙יִם֙ עַל־זֶ֔רַע וְנָפַ֥ל מִנִּבְלָתָ֖ם עָלָ֑יו טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃ (ס)

But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.

Rashi on Leviticus

‎זרע‎‎ ‎על‎‎ מים‎ וכי יתן BUT IF ANY WATER BE PUT ON THE SEED, after it has been plucked, … it shall be unclean; for if you assert that there can be fitness to receive uncleanness whilst it is still attached to the soil, you will never have any seed which has not become thus fitted (Chullin 118b; cf. Sifra, Shemini, Section 8 2 and Rashi on v. 34).
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Siftei Chakhamim

Or other liquids. For we derive a gezeirah shavah from מים מים, from the word מים above (v. 34) regarding earthenware vessels, where other liquids are regarded the same as water.
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Chizkuni

ונפל מנבלתם, “and part of their carcass fell upon them;” not if it fell on bones free from flesh. Teeth and horns and hair are also not included in the definition “carcass.”
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