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and in this manner all 40 se’a are ritually pure. The reason is that drawn water is purified by a majority of fit water that was already present in the mikveh and by the drawn water flowing into the mikveh. This is the meaning of the Mishnah’s statement that drawn water invalidates the mikveh only
The Talmud asks: If this is the opinion of R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov alone, one must conclude by inference that the Rabbis hold that the mikveh is not fit even by a majority of fit water and by the flowing of the drawn water. But if so, consider that which Ravin said when he came from Eretz Yisrael to
Rather, Rabba says: The Mishnah’s ruling, that drawn water invalidates the mikveh only according to calculation, is not referring to drawn water that flowed. Instead, it means according to the calculation of the number of vessels from which the drawn water was directly poured into the mikveh, and t
As it is taught in a baraita: If 3 log of drawn water fell into the water of a mikveh that lacked the requisite measure, from two or 3 vessels, with each containing at least one log of drawn water, or even from 4 or 5 vessels, where no whole log fell in at once, it invalidates the mikveh. Yosef be
§ The Mishnah teaches: And the water of purification of the red heifer becomes water of purification only with the placement of the ashes into the water, but not by the placement of water onto the ashes. The Talmud asks: Who is the tanna whose opinion is reflected in this ruling? R' Ḥiyya bar Abba s