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Menachot 69a-b: The Talmud's Bizarre Experiments

This passage from the Talmud explores how digestion affects the status of materials in Jewish law, specifically regarding ritual purity and Temple offerings. One primary inquiry focuses on whether undigested grain found in animal waste can be used for sacred meal offerings if it is replanted, questioning if the grain is permanently disqualified by its history or merely by its temporary appearance. Another legal dilemma examines if palm leaves that pass through an elephant remain a plant-based material or are transformed into dung-like substances, which would make them immune to ritual impurity. To resolve these questions, the text compares these materials to human remains swallowed by wolves, noting that while soft flesh is considered fully digested and pure, hard bones retain their original status. Ultimately, the discussion seeks to define the physical threshold at which a substance loses its original identity after being consumed.