Tosefta untuk Daniel 8:6

A heifer that drank [water from a mikveh] and was slaughtered within twenty-four hours: Such an incident occurred, and Rabbi Yosei HaGalili ruled [the flesh] clean and Rabbi Akiva ruled it unclean. Rabbi Tarfon supported Rabbi Yosei HaGalili [and] Rabbi Shimon ben Nanas supported Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Shimon ben Nanas dismissed Rabbi Rabbi Tarfon. Rabbi Yosei HaGalili dismissed Rabbi Shimon ben Nanas. Rabbi Akiva dismissed Rabbi Yosei HaGalili.^*This translation follows MS Vienna, as the printed text is defective. After some time, he found an answer [to support his position]. He said, "May I return?" He said to him, "I permit every man to return. Should I not permit you, being that you are Rabbi Yosei HaGalili?" He said to him, "Behold, it says (Num. 19:9), 'And it shall be for the assembly of the Children of Israel for safekeeping, as waters of undefilement.' [They keep the waters of the mikveh safe] in the same way that they keep the waters of undefilement safe, and not in the same way that the heifer that drank them [keeps them safe within its intestines]." This was the incident, and they counted [the votes of] thirty-two elders in Lod, and they rendered it pure. At that very moment, Rabbi Tarfon read this verse (Dan. 8:4, JPS tr.), "I saw the ram butting westward, northward, and southward, and no beast could withstand him, and there was none to deliver from his power. He did as he pleased and grew great." That is Rabbi Akiva. It says (Dan. 8:5), "And I was watching, and behold, a he-goat came from the west, over the face of the entire earth, and it did not touch the ground. And as I looked on, a he-goat came from the west, passing over the entire earth without touching the ground. And the goat had a conspicuous horn between its eyes." That is Rabbi Yosei HaGalili. And its response (Dan. 8:6-7), "He came up to the two-horned ram that I had seen standing between me and the river and charged at him with furious force. I saw him reach the ram and rage at him; he struck the ram and broke its two horns." That is Akiva and Shimon ben Nanas. "And the ram was powerless to withstand him." That is Akiva. "He threw him to the ground and trampled him." That is Yosei HaGalili. "And there was none to deliver the ram from his power." Those are the thirty-two elders from Lod who were counted and rendered it pure.

A heifer that drank [water from a mikveh] and was slaughtered within twenty-four hours: Such an incident occurred, and Rabbi Yosei HaGalili ruled [the flesh] clean and Rabbi Akiva ruled it unclean. Rabbi Tarfon supported Rabbi Yosei HaGalili [and] Rabbi Shimon ben Nanas supported Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Shimon ben Nanas dismissed Rabbi Rabbi Tarfon. Rabbi Yosei HaGalili dismissed Rabbi Shimon ben Nanas. Rabbi Akiva dismissed Rabbi Yosei HaGalili.^*This translation follows MS Vienna, as the printed text is defective. After some time, he found an answer [to support his position]. He said, "May I return?" He said to him, "I permit every man to return. Should I not permit you, being that you are Rabbi Yosei HaGalili?" He said to him, "Behold, it says (Num. 19:9), 'And it shall be for the assembly of the Children of Israel for safekeeping, as waters of undefilement.' [They keep the waters of the mikveh safe] in the same way that they keep the waters of undefilement safe, and not in the same way that the heifer that drank them [keeps them safe within its intestines]." This was the incident, and they counted [the votes of] thirty-two elders in Lod, and they rendered it pure. At that very moment, Rabbi Tarfon read this verse (Dan. 8:4, JPS tr.), "I saw the ram butting westward, northward, and southward, and no beast could withstand him, and there was none to deliver from his power. He did as he pleased and grew great." That is Rabbi Akiva. It says (Dan. 8:5), "And I was watching, and behold, a he-goat came from the west, over the face of the entire earth, and it did not touch the ground. And as I looked on, a he-goat came from the west, passing over the entire earth without touching the ground. And the goat had a conspicuous horn between its eyes." That is Rabbi Yosei HaGalili. And its response (Dan. 8:6-7), "He came up to the two-horned ram that I had seen standing between me and the river and charged at him with furious force. I saw him reach the ram and rage at him; he struck the ram and broke its two horns." That is Akiva and Shimon ben Nanas. "And the ram was powerless to withstand him." That is Akiva. "He threw him to the ground and trampled him." That is Yosei HaGalili. "And there was none to deliver the ram from his power." Those are the thirty-two elders from Lod who were counted and rendered it pure.