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Mishnayos Mikvaos Perek 1 Mishnah 6

מקואות פרק א׳ משנה ו׳

6

Superior to such [water] is the water of rain flows which have not stopped. If an unclean person drank of it and then a clean person drank of it, he is clean. If an unclean person drank of it and water was then drawn from it in a clean vessel, it is clean. If an unclean person drank of it and a loaf of terumah fell in, even if he washed his hand in it, it is clean. If one drew water from it in an unclean vessel and then a clean person drank [out of the pool], he is clean. If one drew water from it in an unclean vessel and a loaf of terumah fell [into the pool], even if he washed his hands in it, it is clean. If unclean water fell into it and a clean person drank of it, he is clean. If unclean water fell into it and one drew water from it in a clean vessel, it is clean. If unclean water fell into it and a loaf of terumah fell in, even if he washed his hands in it, it is clean. [All such water] is valid for terumah and for the washing of the hands.

לְמַעְלָה מֵהֶן, מֵי תַמְצִיּוֹת שֶׁלֹּא פָסְקוּ. שָׁתָה טָמֵא וְשָׁתָה טָהוֹר, טָהוֹר. שָׁתָה טָמֵא וּמִלֵּא בִכְלִי טָהוֹר, טָהוֹר. שָׁתָה טָמֵא וְנָפַל כִּכָּר שֶׁל תְּרוּמָה, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהֵדִיחַ, טָהוֹר. מִלֵּא בִכְלִי טָמֵא וְשָׁתָה טָהוֹר, טָהוֹר. מִלֵּא בִכְלִי טָמֵא וּמִלֵּא בִכְלִי טָהוֹר, טָהוֹר. מִלֵּא בִכְלִי טָמֵא וְנָפַל כִּכָּר שֶׁל תְּרוּמָה, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהֵדִיחַ, טָהוֹר. נָפְלוּ מַיִם טְמֵאִים וְשָׁתָה טָהוֹר, טָהוֹר. נָפְלוּ מַיִם טְמֵאִים וּמִלֵּא בִכְלִי טָהוֹר, טָהוֹר. נָפְלוּ מַיִם טְמֵאִים וְנָפַל כִּכָּר שֶׁל תְּרוּמָה, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהֵדִיחַ, טָהוֹר. כְּשֵׁרִים לַתְּרוּמָה וְלִטֹּל מֵהֶם לַיָּדָיִם:

ו׳
Bartenura

מי תמצית שלא פסקו – the mountains [did not cease] from their flowing, and still they burst forth from the rain water that fell upon them, these nullify the first ritually impure drop that was in the stagnant waters/puddle. Therefore, if a ritually impure person drank and ritually pure person drank, all the while that they (i.e., the flowing) did not cease, [the individual] is ritually pure, for ritually impure water that fell there, was purified, and this is the superiority, for those [mentioned] above, their ritual immersion was not effective for ritually impure waters, whereas here, it was successful. But they are not kosher/fit for the immersion of humans and utensils and hands.

מי תמצית שלא פסקו. ההרים מזחילתן ועדיין הן מבצבצין מימי הגשמים שירדו עליהן, אלו מבטלים הטפה הראשונה הטמאה שהיתה בגבא. לפיכך שתה טמא ושתה טהור כל זמן שלא פסקו, טהור, דמים טמאים שנפלו שם, נטהרו. וזו היא המעלה, דהני דלעיל לא עלתה טבילה למים הטמאים, ואילו הכא עלתה. אבל אין כשרים לטבילת אדם וכלים וידים: