## Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot Chapter 4

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:1:1
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**הַמַּנִּיחַ כֵּלִים תַּחַת הַצִּנּוֹר.** מַרְזֵב שֶׁמֵּי גְשָׁמִים נִכְנָסִים בּוֹ וְיוֹרְדִים דֶּרֶךְ פִּיו לַמִּקְוֶה. וְהָכָא מַיְרֵי בְצִנּוֹר שֶׁל עֵץ שֶׁקְּבָעוֹ וּלְבַסּוֹף חֲקָקוֹ, דְּהוֹאִיל וְלֹא הָיָה תוֹרַת כְּלִי עָלָיו כְּשֶׁקְּבָעוֹ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁחֲקָקוֹ אַחֲרֵי כֵן לָא חֲשִׁיבֵי הַמַּיִם שֶׁבְּתוֹכוֹ מַיִם שְׁאוּבִים, הוֹאִיל וְלֹא הָיָה תוֹרַת כְּלִי עָלָיו בְּתָלוּשׁ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
המניח כלים תחת הצנור (one who puts vessels under the spout – which feeds a ritual bath) – a tube/spout (or a movable tube attached to the roof gutters) that rain waters enter through and descend through its mouth to the Mikveh/ritual bath. But here we are speaking of a wooden spout that was established and eventually hollowed out, for when it was established it did not have the law of a utensil upon it when it was detached.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:1:2
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**וְאֶחָד כֵּלִים קְטַנִּים.** דְּלֹא תֵימָא דְלָא חֲשִׁיבֵי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואחד כלים קטנים – that you should not say that they were not important (see also Tractate Kelim, Chapter 15, Mishnah 1).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:1:3
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**אֲפִלּוּ כְלֵי גְלָלִים.** דְּלָא חֲשִׁיבֵי כֵלִים לְעִנְיַן טֻמְאָה, חֲשִׁיבֵי כֵלִים לִפְסֹל אֶת הַמִּקְוֶה, אֲפִלּוּ אִם שְׁבָרָם אוֹ כָפָה אוֹתָם, דְּלֹא דָמֵי לְמַנִּיחַ קַנְקַנִּים בְּרֹאשׁ הַגַּג לְנַגְּבָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אפילו כלי גללים – while they are not considered utensils with regard to ritual impurity, they are considered utensils to invalidate the Mikveh/ritual bath, even if he broke them or emptied them, for it is not similar to leaving jars/cannisters at the top of the roof to dry them out (see Tractate Mikvaot, Chapter 2, Mishnah 7).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:1:4
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**וּבֵית הִלֵּל מְטַהֲרִין בְּשׁוֹכֵחַ.** בְּפֶרֶק קַמָּא דְשַׁבָּת בַּגְּמָרָא, מוֹקְמֵי פְלוּגְתַּיְהוּ כְּשֶׁהִנִּיחָן תַּחַת הַצִּנּוֹר בִּשְׁעַת קִשּׁוּר עָבִים וְנִתְפַּזְּרוּ וּשְׁכָחָן וְחָזְרוּ וְנִתְקַשְּׁרוּ, דְּבֵית שַׁמַּאי סָבְרֵי מִשּׁוּם פִּזּוּר עָבִים לֹא נִתְבַּטְּלָה מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹנָה, דְּגַלֵּי דַעְתֵּיהּ שֶׁרָצָה שֶׁיִּפְּלוּ לְתוֹכָן. וּבֵית הִלֵּל סָבְרֵי בָּטְלָה מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ, דְּכִי נִתְפַּזְּרוּ, אַסַּח דַּעְתֵּיהּ, דְּקָסָבַר לֹא יֵרְדוּ גְשָׁמִים עוֹד. אֲבָל הִנִּיחָן תַּחַת הַצִּנּוֹר בִּשְׁעַת קִשּׁוּר עָבִים וְאֵחֲרוּ הַגְּשָׁמִים לָבֹא וְיָצָא לִמְלַאכְתּוֹ וּשְׁכָחָן, דִּבְרֵי הַכֹּל הוֹאִיל וּמִתְּחִלָּה לְכָךְ נִתְכַּוֵּן לֹא בָטְלָה מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ בְשִׁכְחָתוֹ. וְאִם הִנִּיחָן בִּשְׁעַת פִּזּוּר עָבִים, דִּבְרֵי הַכֹּל טְהוֹרִים, שֶׁלֹּא נִתְכַּוֵּן מִתְּחִלָּה לְכָךְ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובית הלל מטהרין בשוכח – In the first chapter of Tractate Shabbat in the Gemara (16b), their dispute is established (i.e., between the Schools of Hillel and Shammai) concerning when he left them (i.e., utensils) under the spout at the time when the clouds were gathering and then they dispersed and he forgot them (i.e., the leaving of the utensils under the spout) and then the clouds gathered once again, that the School of Shammai holds that because of the dispersal of the clouds his first intention/thought process was not nullified, for he revealed his intention that he wanted that they (i.e., rain waters) would fall into them. But the School of Hillel holds that his intention/thought process was nullified, for when the clouds dispersed, his attention was diverted, for he held that rain would not fall any longer. But when he left them (i.e., the utensils) underneath the spout at the time of the gathering of the clouds, and the rains were late to come, and he went off to his work and forgot them, everyone holds that since ab initio, it was for this that he intended, his intention/thought process was not nullified through his forgetting. But if he left them (i.e., the utensils) at the time when the clouds dispersed, everyone holds that they are ritually pure, for he did not intend ab initio for this.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:1:5
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**בְּשׁוֹכֵחַ בֶּחָצֵר שֶׁהוּא טָהוֹר.** בֶּחָצֵר שֶׁלֹּא תַחַת הַצִּנּוֹר, וְנִתְמַלְּאוּ מִן הַנּוֹטְפִין וְנָפְלוּ לַמִּקְוֶה. דְּדַוְקָא תַחַת הַצִּנּוֹר הוּא דִפְלִיגֵי בֵית שַׁמַּאי, דְּגַלֵּי דַעְתֵּיהּ דְּרָצָה שֶׁיִּפְּלוּ לְתוֹכָן, וּמִשּׁוּם פִּזּוּר לֹא בָטְלָה מַחֲשָׁבָה קַמַּיְתָא. אֲבָל מַנִּיחַ בֶּחָצֵר, אֲפִלּוּ בִשְׁעַת קִשּׁוּר, לֹא מוּכְחָא מֵעִקָּרָא מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ קַמַּיְתָא שַׁפִּיר, הִלְכָּךְ בָּטְלָה כְשֶׁנִּתְפַּזְּרוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בשכח בחצר שהוא טהור – underneath the spout and it was filled from the dripping rain water and fell into the Mikveh/ritual bath. For specifically underneath the spout is where the School of Shammai disagrees, for he reveals his intention that he wanted that [the rain waters] would fall into them, but because of the dispersal [of the clouds], the first thought was not nullified. But if he leaves it in the courtyard [but not under the spout], even at the time when the gathering [of the clouds], it was not proven ab initio that his first pattern of thinking/intention was best, therefore, it (i.e., his thought) was nullified when they (i.e., the clouds) dispersed.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:1:6
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**עֲדַיִן מַחֲלֹקֶת בִּמְקוֹמָהּ עוֹמָדֶת.** שֶׁלֹּא עָמְדוּ לְמִנְיָן עַל כָּךְ וְלֹא רַבּוּ תַלְמִידֵי בֵית שַׁמַּאי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עדיין מחלוקת במקומה עומדת – it did not stand for a vote and the students of the School of Shammai were not greater [than those of the School of Hillel].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:2:1
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**הַמַּנִּיחַ טַבְלָא תַּחַת הַצִּנּוֹר.** לְהַמְשִׁיךְ הַמַּיִם לַמִּקְוֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
המניח טבלא תחת הצנור (he who leaves a tray/board underneath the spout) – to conduct the water into the Mikveh/ritual bath.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:2:2
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**אִם יֶשׁ לָהּ לְבִזְבֵּז.** שָׂפָה סָבִיב מֵאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹתֶיהָ, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לָהּ בֵּית קִבּוּל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אם יש לה לבזבז (if it has a vertical rim/edge – by which a flat utensil is made into a vessel-lie receptacle) – a rim around from the four directions in order that it will be for it a receptacle).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:2:3
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**פּוֹסֶלֶת אֶת הַמִּקְוֶה.** דַּהֲווּ לְהוּ מַיִם שְׁאוּבִים. וּמִשּׁוּם צִנּוֹר לֹא הָיָה מִפְּסִיל מִקְוֶה, דְּאַיְרֵי בְצִנּוֹר שֶׁקְּבָעוֹ וּלְבַסּוֹף חֲקָקוֹ כְּדִפְרִישִׁית:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
פוסלת את המקוה – it would be for them drawn water, and because the spout itself does not invalidate the Mikveh, we are speaking of a spout that was established [first] and at the end, they hollow it/shape it into a receptacle.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:2:4
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**זְקָפָהּ לִדּוֹחַ.** כְּדֵי שֶׁתּוּדַח מִטִּנֹּפֶת שֶׁבָּהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
זקפה לידוח (if he set it upright to rinse it) – in order that it should be rinsed from the filth that is in it,


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:2:5
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**אֵינָהּ פּוֹסֶלֶת אֶת הַמִּקְוֶה.** דְּלֹא קַיְמָא כְדֶרֶךְ קַבָּלָתָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
it does not invalidate the Mikveh/ritual bath, for it doesn’t exist in the manner of its reception.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:3:1
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**הַחוֹטֵט בְּצִנּוֹר.** דֶּרֶךְ צִנּוֹר לִהְיוֹת פָּתוּחַ מִשְּׁנֵי צְדָדִים, וְאֵין פּוֹסֵל אֶת הַמִּקְוֶה אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן חָקַק בּוֹ חֲקָק מְעַט כְּדֵי לְקַבֵּל צְרוֹרוֹת הַמְעַכְּבִים הִלּוּךְ הַמַּיִם, וּכְשֶׁחֲקָקוֹ וּלְבַסּוֹף קְבָעוֹ אַיְרֵי, הוֹאִיל וְהָיָה עָלָיו תּוֹרַת כְּלִי כְשֶׁהָיָה תָלוּשׁ, הֲרֵי הַמַּיִם הָעוֹבְרִים בּוֹ שְׁאוּבִים הֵן וּפוֹסְלִים אֶת הַמִּקְוֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
החוטט בצנור (if one makes a cavity in a water pipe – for the deposit of pebbles) – it is the manner of a water pipe to be open from two sides, and this does not invalidate the Mikveh/ritual bath unless he hollowed it out a small cavity in order to receive stones that prevent the passage of the water, and it (i.e., the Mishnah) is speaking of when he hallowed it out and at the end established it/made it permanent, for since, it had upon it the status of a utensil when it was detached, for the water passing through it was drawn [water] and invalidates the Mikveh.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:3:2
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**וּבְשֶׁל חֶרֶס.** לָא חֲשִׁיב כְּלִי אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן יֵשׁ לוֹ בֵית קִבּוּל שֶׁל רְבִיעִית:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובשל חרס – it is not considered a utensil until it has a receptacle of one-quarter [of a LOG].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:3:3
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**לֹא אָמְרוּ רְבִיעִית אֶלָּא בְשִׁבְרֵי הַחֶרֶס.** דַּוְקָא בִכְלִי חֶרֶס לְאַחַר שֶׁנִּשְׁבַּר בָּעִינַן שֶׁיְּהֵא הַשֶּׁבֶר מַחֲזִיק רְבִיעִית. אֲבָל מִתְּחִלָּתוֹ אֲפִלּוּ כָל שֶׁהוּא חָשׁוּב כְּלִי. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא אמרו רביעית אלא בשברי החרס – specifically with an earthenware utensil after it was broken we require that he broken piece holds one-quarter [of a LOG], but from its outset, even a little bit/anything is considered a utensil, but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yossi.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:3:4
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**מִתְחַלְחֲלִים.** מִתְגַּלְגְּלִים בְּתוֹךְ בֵּית קִבּוּל, שֶׁאֵינָם מְהֻדָּקִים בּוֹ אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנִּתְמַלֵּא מֵהֶם אֶלָּא מִתְנַעְנְעִים אֵילָךְ וָאֵילָךְ. לְשׁוֹן וַתִּתְחַלְחַל הַמַּלְכָּה (אסתר ד):

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מתחלחלים (thrown about) – [the stones/pebbles] are rolling about within the receptable, and they are not crushed/ground in it even though that it was filled with them, but rather they move about here and there. It is the language of (Esther 4:4) “And the queen was greatly agitated.”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:3:5
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**פּוֹסְלִין אֶת הַמִּקְוֶה.** דְּלֹא נִתְבַּטֵּל קִבּוּלוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
פוסלין את המקוה – for its receiving was not invalidated.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:3:6
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**יָרַד לְתוֹכוֹ.** לְתוֹךְ בֵּית קִבּוּלוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ירד לתוכו – into the receptacle.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:3:7
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**עָפָר וְנִכְבַּשׁ.** שֶׁהֶעָפָר נִקְבַּע וְנַעֲשָׂה מְהֻדָּק יָפֶה וְהַמַּיִם עוֹבְרִים עָלָיו. תַּרְגּוּם בַּמְּסִלָּה נַעֲלֶה (במדבר כ) בְּאֹרַח כְּבִישָׁא נִסַּק:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עפר ונכבש (dirt and it was pressed tight) – the dirt was settled and made nicely fastened and the water passes over it. The [Aramaic] Targum of (Numbers 20:19): “We will keep to the beaten track,” – we will go up on the paved path.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:3:8
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**כָּשֵׁר.** דְּאֵין כָּאן בֵּית קִבּוּל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כשר – for there isn’t a receptacle here.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:3:9
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**סִלּוֹן וְצִנּוֹר וּמַרְזֵב.** אֶחָד הוּא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
סילון (pipe/duct/tube) -and a water spout and tube/spout, are one.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:3:10
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**שֶׁהוּא צַר מִכָּאן וּמִכָּאן.** מִשְּׁנֵי פִיּוֹתָיו, מִמָּקוֹם שֶׁהַמַּיִם נִכְנָסִים בּוֹ וּמִמָּקוֹם שֶׁיּוֹרְדִים מִמֶּנּוּ לַמִּקְוֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שהוא צר מכאן ומכאן – from its two mouths, from the place where the water enters into it and from the place that it does down from it into the Mikveh.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:3:11
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**וְרָחָב בָּאֶמְצַע.** אֲפִלּוּ הָכִי לָא חֲשִׁיב לְקַבָּלָה כָּל זְמַן שֶׁלֹּא חָקַק בּוֹ לְקַבֵּל צְרוֹרוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ורחב באמצע – nevertheless, it is not considered for receiving all the while that he didn’t shape the receptacle to receive the stones.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:4:1
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**מַיִם שְׁאוּבִים.** שֶׁהֵן פְּסוּלִים לַמִּקְוֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מים שאובים – which are invalid for a Mikveh.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:4:2
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**וּמֵי גְשָׁמִים.** הַכְּשֵׁרִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ומי גשמים – that are kosher.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:4:3
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**שֶׁנִּתְעָרְבוּ בֶחָצֵר אוֹ בָעֻקָּה.** גֻּמָּא שֶׁהַמַּיִם מִתְקַבְּצִים בָּהֶן, אוֹ עַל מַעֲלוֹת הַמְּעָרָה, וּמִשָּׁם נִמְשְׁכוּ וְיָרְדוּ לַמִּקְוֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שנתערבו בחצר או בעוקה – (that combined in a courtyard or a pit/trough) – in a hole that water gathered in there, or on the steps of the cave, and from there, they continued and descended to the Mikveh.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:4:4
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**אִם רֹב מִן הַכָּשֵׁר.** כְּגוֹן שֶׁעֶשְׂרִים וְאֶחָד סְאָה מֵהֶן מֵי גְשָׁמִים וְתִשְׁעָה עָשָׂר מַיִם שְׁאוּבִין, כָּשֵׁר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אם רוב מן הכשר – as for example that twenty-one Seah of them were rain water and nineteen of them were drawn water, it is kosher/fit.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:4:5
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**הָיוּ מְקַלְּחִין בְּתוֹךְ הַמַּיִם.** שֶׁלֹּא יָרְדוּ לַמִּקְוֶה עַל יְדֵי הַמְשָׁכָה דֶרֶךְ הֶחָצֵר וְהָעֻקָּה וּמַעֲלוֹת הַמְּעָרָה, אֶלָּא מִן הַכֵּלִים עַצְמָן הָיוּ מְקַלְּחִין לְתוֹךְ הַמִּקְוֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
היו מקלחין בתוך המים – that they didn’t descend to the Mikveh by conducting water through a channel through the path of the courtyard and the pit/trough and the ascent of the cave, but rather from the utensils themselves they would splash in an uninterrupted flow into the Mikveh.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:4:6
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**וְאִם לָאו פָּסוּל.** דִּשְׁלֹשָׁה לֻגִּין מַיִם שְׁאוּבִים פּוֹסְלִים כְּשֶׁנָּפְלוּ לַמִּקְוֶה שֶׁלֹּא כְדֶרֶךְ הַמְשָׁכָה. אֲבָל דֶּרֶךְ הַמְשָׁכָה אֵין פּוֹסְלִין עַד שֶׁיִּהְיוּ הָרֹב מַיִם שְׁאוּבִים, אֲפִלּוּ הַמַּיִם שְׁאוּבִין בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָן שֶׁלֹּא נִתְעָרְבוּ בַכְּשֵׁרִים, אֵין פּוֹסְלִין דֶּרֶךְ הַמְשָׁכָה אֶלָּא בְרֹב. כְּגוֹן מִקְוֶה שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַחַת סְאָה מֵי גְשָׁמִים, מְמַלֵּא בַכָּתֵף וּמַמְשִׁיךְ לְתוֹכוֹ תִּשְׁעָה עָשָׂר סְאָה מַיִם שְׁאוּבִים וְכָשֵׁר, הוֹאִיל וְהָרֹב מַיִם כְּשֵׁרִים. וְכֵן הֲלָכָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואם לאו פסול – that three LOGS of drawn water invalidate [the Mikveh] when they fell into the Mikveh not by the conducting of water through a channel. But the path of conducting of water through a channel did not invalidate until most of the water is drawn [water], even the drawn waters on their own that did not mix/combine with the kosher [waters], do not invalidate by the conducting of water through a channel other than with a majority. As for example, a Mikveh that has in it twenty-one Seah of rain water, fills with a carrier/porter and channels through it nineteen Seah of drawn waters and it is fit, for the majority are kosher waters. And such is the Halakha.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:5:1
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**הַשֹּׁקֶת.** אֶבֶן חֲלוּלָה שֶׁעַל שְׂפַת הַמַּעְיָן, וְהַמַּיִם נִכְנָסִין לָהּ דֶּרֶךְ חוֹר שֶׁבְּדָפְנָהּ, וּמַשְׁקִין בָּהּ הַבְּהֵמוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
השקת (a grooved stone to receive and carry off the overflow of a well, sink, trough) – a hollowed-out stone that is on the rim of the spring. And the water enters into it through a cavity/hole in its wall, and provide water for the cattle in it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:5:2
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**אֵין מְמַלְּאִים מִמֶּנָּה.** מַיִם לְמֵי חַטָּאת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין ממלאים ממנה (see also Tractate Parah, Chapter 5, Mishnah 7) – [and they don’t draw from it] water for the waters of purification (which were mixed with the ashes of the red heifer, which was used to purify people and vessels that became ritually impurity with impurity imparted by a corpse).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:5:3
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**וְאֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין בָּהּ.** אֵין נוֹתְנִים אֵפֶר פָּרָה עַל הַמַּיִם שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ, דְּאֵינָהּ חֲשׁוּבָה כְלִי. וְהָכָא מַיְרֵי בְסֶלַע מְחֻבָּר שֶׁחֲקָקוֹ, וַאֲפִלּוּ תָלוּשׁ שֶׁחִבְּרוֹ וּלְבַסּוֹף חֲקָקוֹ, הוֹאִיל וְלֹא הָיָה עָלָיו שֵׁם כְּלִי בַתָּלוּשׁ אֵינוֹ חָשׁוּב כְּלִי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין מקדשין בה – they don’t places the ashes of the heifer on the water that is in it, for it is not considered a utensil. But here, we are speaking of an attached rock that was hollowed out/made into a receptacle, and even something detached that was attached and then ultimately hollowed out/made into a receptacle, since it did not have upon it the designation/status of a utensil while detached, it is not considered a utensil.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:5:4
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**וְאֵינָהּ צְרִיכָה צָמִיד פָּתִיל.** אִם הִיא בְאֹהֶל הַמֵּת, מַצֶּלֶת עַל מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ בְּכִסּוּי לְבַד בְּלֹא צָמִיד פָּתִיל, לְפִי שֶׁאֵינָהּ חֲשׁוּבָה כְלִי אֶלָּא כְבוֹר וְדוּת שֶׁמַּצִּילִים עַל מַה שֶׁבְּתוֹכָם בְּכִסּוּי לְבַד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואינה צריכה צמיד פתיל (and it doesn’t require being closely covered with a lid) – if it is in the tent of a dead person (i.e., corpse), it saves what is inside it with a covering alone without being closely covered with a lid, because it is not considered a utensil but rather like a cistern or a subterranean masoned store-room, that saves what is in it with a covering alone.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:5:5
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**וְאֵינָהּ פּוֹסֶלֶת אֶת הַמִּקְוֶה.** אִם נָפְלוּ מֵי גְשָׁמִים מִתּוֹכָהּ לַמִּקְוֶה אֵין נֶחֱשָׁבִים מַיִם שְׁאוּבִים לִפְסֹל אֶת הַמִּקְוֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואינה פוסלת את המקוה – if rain water fell from inside it to a Mikveh, they are not considered drawn waters to invalidate the Mikveh/ritual bath.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:5:6
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**וְכַמָּה יְהֵא בַנֶּקֶב.** לְבַטְּלָהּ מִתּוֹרַת כְּלִי שֶׁלֹּא תִפְסֹל אֶת הַמִּקְוֶה מִטַּעַם שְׁאִיבָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וכמה יהא הנקב – to neutralize it from the law of being a utensil s that it does not invalidate the Mikveh from the reason of drawn [water].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:5:7
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**כִּשְׁפוֹפֶרֶת הַנּוֹד.** וְשִׁעוּרוֹ שֶׁיִּהְיוּ שְׁתֵּי אֶצְבָּעוֹת שֶׁל יָד הַסְּמוּכוֹת לַגּוּדָל חוֹזְרוֹת בְּרָחְבָּן בְּרֶוַח בְּתוֹךְ הַנֶּקֶב:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כשפופרת הנאד (like the tube – i.e., mouthpiece – of the leather bottle) – and its measurement is that they would be two fingers of the hand closest to the thumb that return in their width at the extension within the incision.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:5:8
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**שֹׁקֶת יֵהוּא.** כָּךְ הָיְתָה נִקְרֵאת:


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:5:9
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**וְכָל טָהֳרוֹת שֶׁל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם נִטְבָּלִים עַל גַּבָּהּ.** שֶׁמַּטְבִּילִים בְּתוֹכָהּ וְעוֹשִׂים טָהֳרוֹת. וְלֹא הָיָה בַשֹּׁקֶת אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה, אֶלָּא מִקְוֶה שָׁלֵם הָיָה בְצִדָּהּ, וּמֵי הַשֹּׁקֶת מִתְעָרְבִים בּוֹ דֶרֶךְ נֶקֶב כִּשְׁפוֹפֶרֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וכל טהרות של ירושלים נטבלים על גבה – that they immerse within it and make them pure, but there weren’t forty Seah [of water] in the grooved stone/trough [to receive and carry off the overflow] but rather a complete Mikveh was at its side and the waters of the grooved stone/trough mix with it through the incision in the tube/mouthpiece [of the leather bottle].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 4:5:10
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**עַד שֶׁיִּפָּחֵת רֻבָּהּ.** אֲפִלּוּ יֵשׁ בַּנֶּקֶב כִּשְׁפוֹפֶרֶת הַנּוֹד, לְעוֹלָם תּוֹרַת כְּלִי עָלֶיהָ עַד שֶׁתִּשָּׁבֵר רֻבָּהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עד שתפחת רובה – even if there is in the incision like that of a tube of a leather bottle, it always has the status/designation of a utensil upon it until its greater part will be broken down.