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Chapter 1, Mishna 5
Can liquids become tamei, ritually impure, according to Torah law as opposed to Rabbinic decree? In analyzing this question, Rabbi Elazar brings a statement of Yosei ben Yo’ezer leader of Tzereida, whose wisdom appears in Pirkei Avos 1:4, and who ruled that all liquids in the slaughterhouse of the Holy Temple were tahor, ritually pure.