[מזוקק שבעתים]. ר' חנן בר פזי פתר קרא בפרשת פרה, שיש בה משבעה שבעה, שבע פרות, שבע שריפות, שבע הזיות, שבע כבוסים, שבעה טמאים, שבעה טהורים, שבעה כהנים, אם יאמר לך אדם חסר הן, אמור לו משה ואהרן בכלל היו, שנאמר וידבר ה' אל משה ואל אהרן לאמר זאת חקת התורה.
[(Ps. 12:7 [61]:) REFINED SEVENFOLD.] R. Hanan bar Pazzi interpreted the verse in <the context of> the parashah on the <Red> Heifer, which contains seven <references to> seven things:68Tanh., Numb. 6:5; Numb. R. 19:2, cont.; PRK 4:2; PR 14:6. Seven <references to> heifers,69Numb. 19:2, 5, 6, 9, 10 account for five. Braude in his translation of PR 14:6, n. 21, following n. 31 in the Friedmann edition, notes that the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan does contain seven mentions of the heifer, with the extra references in vss. 7 & 9. Braude and Kapstein in their translation of PRK 4:2, n. 31, allude to the tradition of only seven red heifers having been so offered since the days of Moses. See Parah 3:5. seven < items for> burning,70Vss. 5-6 mention the burning of skin, flesh, blood, dung, cedar wood, hyssop, and crimson stuff. seven sprinklings,71So vs. 4; see Parah 3:1, 9. seven < instances of> laundering <clothes>,72Numb. 19:7, 8, 10, 19, 21. Braude and Kapstein, n. 34, suggest that Numb. 19:7, requires three launderings, one after each of the three stages in the rite, i.e., in vss. 3, 4, 6. seven <ways of becoming> unclean,73Vss. 14-16 mention entering a tent where someone has died, being in that tent, being an open vessel there, touching one killed in the open, touching one who died naturally, touching a human bone, or touching a grave. seven <people or things who become> clean,74Vss. 18f. explains how to cleanse the categories of uncleanness mentioned in the previous note. and seven <references to> a priest.75The five obvious references occur in vss. 3, 4, 6, 7 (twice). If someone should say to you: there are <only> five <references to a priest>, say to him: Moses and Aaron were <included> in the total, where it is stated (in Numb. 19:1–2): THEN THE LORD SPOKE UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON, SAYING: THIS IS THE STATUTE OF THE TORAH.
[מזוקק שבעתים]. ר' חנן בר פזי פתר קרא בפרשת פרה, שיש בה משבעה שבעה, שבע פרות, שבע שריפות, שבע הזיות, שבע כבוסים, שבעה טמאים, שבעה טהורים, שבעה כהנים, אם יאמר לך אדם חסר הן, אמור לו משה ואהרן בכלל היו, שנאמר וידבר ה' אל משה ואל אהרן לאמר זאת חקת התורה.
[(Ps. 12:7 [61]:) REFINED SEVENFOLD.] R. Hanan bar Pazzi interpreted the verse in <the context of> the parashah on the <Red> Heifer, which contains seven <references to> seven things:68Tanh., Numb. 6:5; Numb. R. 19:2, cont.; PRK 4:2; PR 14:6. Seven <references to> heifers,69Numb. 19:2, 5, 6, 9, 10 account for five. Braude in his translation of PR 14:6, n. 21, following n. 31 in the Friedmann edition, notes that the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan does contain seven mentions of the heifer, with the extra references in vss. 7 & 9. Braude and Kapstein in their translation of PRK 4:2, n. 31, allude to the tradition of only seven red heifers having been so offered since the days of Moses. See Parah 3:5. seven < items for> burning,70Vss. 5-6 mention the burning of skin, flesh, blood, dung, cedar wood, hyssop, and crimson stuff. seven sprinklings,71So vs. 4; see Parah 3:1, 9. seven < instances of> laundering <clothes>,72Numb. 19:7, 8, 10, 19, 21. Braude and Kapstein, n. 34, suggest that Numb. 19:7, requires three launderings, one after each of the three stages in the rite, i.e., in vss. 3, 4, 6. seven <ways of becoming> unclean,73Vss. 14-16 mention entering a tent where someone has died, being in that tent, being an open vessel there, touching one killed in the open, touching one who died naturally, touching a human bone, or touching a grave. seven <people or things who become> clean,74Vss. 18f. explains how to cleanse the categories of uncleanness mentioned in the previous note. and seven <references to> a priest.75The five obvious references occur in vss. 3, 4, 6, 7 (twice). If someone should say to you: there are <only> five <references to a priest>, say to him: Moses and Aaron were <included> in the total, where it is stated (in Numb. 19:1–2): THEN THE LORD SPOKE UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON, SAYING: THIS IS THE STATUTE OF THE TORAH.