The Gemara discusses the laws of ritual impurity regarding a "tent" ( Ohel ). The Torah says, "When a man ( Adam ) dies in a tent..." (Numbers 19:14). Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai explains that this specific law of impurity applies only to the corpses of Jews, because the verse in Ezekiel 34:31—"And you My sheep... are men ( Adam )"—is interpreted as a unique designation for the Jewish people in the context of Temple-related laws.
The Gemara analyzes whether there is liability for applying this oil to a non-Jew. Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's rule is invoked here to determine whether the term Adam used in adjacent laws extends to non-Jews in this context. 3. Bava Metzia 114b keritot 6b page 78 jebhammoth 61 work
In the study of Keritot, the focus is on unintentional transgressions of Torah commandments that carry the punishment of karet, or "excision." These are serious infractions that, due to their inadvertent nature, still require atonement but do not carry the full weight of a deliberate transgression. The Gemara discusses the laws of ritual impurity