Falling into a well is not identical with dying in it. The fixed withdrawal categories for animal death cannot automatically be applied when an animal comes out alive.
One must consider whether actual impurity passed from its body or mouth into the water. A clean animal emerging alive without contamination does not trigger the same carcass rule.
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Impurity in Wells and Rules of Drawing Water
Falling into a well is not identical with dying in it. The fixed withdrawal categories for animal death cannot automatically be applied when an animal comes out alive.
One must consider whether actual impurity passed from its body or mouth into the water. A clean animal emerging alive without contamination does not trigger the same carcass rule.