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and vessels are similar to a person: Just as for a person, we require his intent for purification, so too for vessels, they are purified only in a case where a person intends for them to be purified.
And if you would say: If the Mishnah is referring to the case of one who sits and waits to determine when the wave will be detached, what is the purpose of stating this halakha? It is obvious and introduces no novel element.
The Talmud responds that there is a novel element in this halakha. Lest you say: Let us issue a decree that a detached wave does not effect purification due to the concern that otherwise, one would receive the mistaken impression that one is purified in a cascade [ḥardalit] of rainwater containing 4
And from where do you say that we do not immerse in the arcs of waves? As we learned in a baraita: One may immerse in the edges of waves, but one may not immerse in their arcs, as one may not immerse in air. Immersion may be performed only on the ground.
The Talmud again asks: But in any event, from where do we derive that non-sacred items do not require intent? The Talmud answers: It is as we learned in a Mishnah (Makhshirin 4:7): Produce becomes susceptible to ritual impurity only if it is dampened by one of 7 liquids and its owner was amenable t