Cut hair or hair detached without impure moisture is treated as pure. Hair pulled from the roots together with moist, impure tissue is treated differently because of the material attached to it.
The distinction lies between the hair substance and accompanying impure tissue; the general purity statement should not be extended indiscriminately to every attached root or wet fragment.
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Tanning, Purity of Hides and Parts of Carrion
Cut hair or hair detached without impure moisture is treated as pure. Hair pulled from the roots together with moist, impure tissue is treated differently because of the material attached to it.
The distinction lies between the hair substance and accompanying impure tissue; the general purity statement should not be extended indiscriminately to every attached root or wet fragment.