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Is the mongoose subject to the same ruling as the dog in terms of ritual impurity, and what is required if its droppings touch one's clothes?

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The basic principle is that the aforementioned garments are pure, and their impurity should not be decreed except with certainty. The contamination of the clothes with mongoose saliva is not confirmed, and the presence of its droppings near the clothes does not mean that they have been contaminated with its saliva.

The mongoose is among the animals whose consumption is forbidden due to its foulness. However, the ruling concerning the impurity of a dog does not apply to it, for washing seven times is specific only to the impurity of dogs and pigs.

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