Three testimonies of Rabbi Yossi ben Yoezer of Tzereidah
One of the Zugos — a Nasi
The ayil kamtza — kosher
Permissivethat it is permitted to eat;
Written in Aramaic
The liquids of the slaughter-place — tahor
Permissivethat they are tahor;
Liquids' tumah is only rabbinic
Or: they take tumah but don't pass it on
Rambam: a halachah l'Moshe miSinai
One who touches a corpse — tamei
Restrictiveis rendered tamei.
Only if he surely touched it
They called him “Yossi who permits”
Eduyos 8:4
The Testimonies of Rabbi Yossi Ben Yoezer
עֵדֻיּוֹת רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בֶּן יוֹעֶזֶר
הֵעִיד רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בֶּן יוֹעֶזֶר, אִישׁ צְרֵדָה,
עַל אַיִל קַמְצָא, דָּכָן.
וְעַל מַשְׁקֵה בֵית מִטְבְּחַיָּא, דְּאִינּוּן דַּכְיָן.
וּדְיִקְרַב בְּמִיתָא, מִסְתָּאָב.
וְקָרוּ לֵיהּ, יוֹסֵי שָׁרְיָא.