What makes the impurity of a zav moving an object more stringent than a zav touching an object?
Halacha 2: 'If a zav touches an earthenware container that is full from the outside, its contents remain pure. If he moves it, even its contents are impure.'
Question 2
If a zav uses a rod firmly embedded in his skin to move a vessel, what is the vessel's status?
Halacha 4 states that if the rod was held fast in the folds of the zav's skin and moved a person or k'li, they remain pure — as the verse specifies direct body contact.
Question 3
On a scale, a zav outweighs a vessel and causes it to rise. What is the vessel's status?
Halacha 5 rules: 'If the zav outweighed them, causing them to rise, they are impure.'
Question 4
When a zav administers lashes to a pure person, what is the pure person's status?
Halacha 9: 'When a zav is administering lashes to a pure person, he is impure. The rationale is that if the pure person will move and run away, the zav will pull him back.'
Question 5
If a portion of a zav's body rests above a pure person, does the pure person contract impurity?
Halacha 10 states: 'When a portion of a zav's body was resting above a pure person... the pure person contracts impurity.'