## Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot Chapter 7

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:1:1
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**יֵשׁ מַעֲלִין.** מַשְׁלִימִין לְאַרְבָּעִים סְאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
יש מעלין – complete/raise it to forty Seah.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:1:2
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**וְלֹא פוֹסְלִין.** בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה לֻגִּין שְׁאוּבִין. וְכֻלְּהוּ מְפָרֵשׁ כֵּיצַד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ולא פוסלין – with three LOG of drawn [water] and in all of them it explains how.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:1:3
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**הַכְּפוֹר.** גְּשָׁמִים שֶׁיּוֹרְדִין נִקְפִּים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הכפור (hoar-frost) – rain that falls curdled.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:1:4
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**גְּלִיד.** מַיִם שֶׁקָּפְאוּ עַל פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ אוֹ עַל פְּנֵי הַמַּיִם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
גליד (ice-coating on the water) – water that froze on the face of the ground or on the face of the water.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:1:5
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**טִיט הַנָּרוֹק.** טִיט רַךְ וְרָקִיק שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה כְמוֹ רֹק:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
טיט הנרוק (soft, miry clay – in the bath reservoir) – soft and spitting plaster that is made like spittle.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:1:6
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**אֶבֶן הַבָּרָד כַּמָּיִם.** כְּמַיִם שְׁאוּבִים דְּאָמְרִינַן לְקַמָּן פּוֹסְלִים וְלֹא מַעֲלִים. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן נוּרִי. וַהֲלָכָה כְּעֵדוּתָן שֶׁל אַנְשֵׁי מֵידְבָא שֶׁעוֹשִׂין מִקְוֶה מִן הַשֶּׁלֶג אֲפִלּוּ לְכַתְּחִלָּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אבן הברד כמים (hailstones like [drawn] water) – like drawn water as we say later on (see the next Mishnah) invalidates [the Mikveh] but does not raise it. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri, but the Halakha is according to the testimony of the people of Medva who make a Mikveh from the snow even ab initio.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:1:7
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**נִמְצְאוּ מַעֲלִין.** שֶׁהִשְׁלִימוּהוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נמצאו מעלין – that they complete/raise it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:1:8
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**וְלֹא פוֹסְלִין.** בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה לֻגִּין שְׁאוּבִין. שֶׁהֲרֵי סְאָה הִיא הַרְבֵּה יוֹתֵר מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה לֻגִּין, וְלֹא נִפְסָל הַמִּקְוֶה בְכָךְ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ולא פוסלין – with three LOGS of drawn [water], for a Seah is much more than three LOGS and the Mikveh is not invalidated through this.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:2:1
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**הַמַּיִם.** שְׁאוּבִין. בֵּין טְמֵאִין בֵּין טְהוֹרִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
המים – drawn [water] whether impure or pure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:2:2
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**מֵי כְבָשִׁים.** מַיִם שֶׁכָּבְשׁוּ בָהֶן זֵיתִים אוֹ מִינֵי יְרָקוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מי כבשים (water in which food has been pressed) – water that they pressed in them olives or kinds of vegetables.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:2:3
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**וּמֵי שְׁלָקוֹת.** מַיִם שֶׁשָּׁלְקוּ בָהֶן שְׁלָקוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מי שלקות (water in which food has been seethed) – water in which they seethed/boiled thoroughly to a pulp vegetables.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:2:4
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**וְהַתֶּמֶד.** חַרְצַנִּים וְזָגִים אוֹ שְׁמָרִים שֶׁנָּתַן עֲלֵיהֶן מַיִם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והתמד (husks and stalks of pressed grapes, steeped in water -used as inferior wine or as vinegar) – shells of grapes/pomace of kernels and pomace of grapes (i.e., the interior) or lees/sediment that one placed water upon them.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:2:5
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**עַד שֶׁלֹּא הֶחֱמִיץ.** דְּאִם הֶחֱמִיץ, נִדּוֹן כְּמֵי פֵרוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עד שלא החמיץ – that if it fermented, it is judged like fruit juice.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:2:6
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**קֹרְטוֹב.** אֶחָד מִשִּׁשִּׁים וְאַרְבָּעָה בְּלֹג:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
קורטוב – one sixty-fourth of a LOG.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:2:7
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**פְּעָמִים מַעֲלִין.** כְּדִמְפָרֵשׁ, כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ בַּמִּקְוֶה אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה מַיִם כְּשֵׁרִים, וְנָתַן בּוֹ סְאָה מֵי פֵרוֹת, וְאַחַר כָּךְ נָטַל סְאָה מִמֶּנּוּ מַיִם וּמֵי פֵרוֹת מְעֹרָבִים יַחַד, הֲרֵי כָל הַסְּאָה שֶׁל מֵי פֵרוֹת שֶׁנִּשְׁאֲרָה בַמִּקְוֶה מַשְׁלִימִים אֶת הַמִּקְוֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
פעמים מעלין – as we explain, when there in a Mikveh/ritual bath of forty Seah of kosher/fit water and he placed in a Seah of fruit juice and afterwards took a Seah of water from it and fruit juice mixed/combined together, behold the Seah of fruit juice that remained in the Mikveh completes/fills the Mikveh.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:2:8
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**פְּעָמִים אֵין מַעֲלִין.** כִּדְקָתָנֵי בְמִקְוֶה שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה חָסֵר אַחַת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
פעמים אין מעלין – as it is taught – regarding a Mikveh that has forty Seah minus/less one [Seah].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:3:1
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**וְשִׁנּוּ אֶת מַרְאָיו כָּשֵׁר.** דַּהֲדָחַת כֵּלִים לָא חֲשִׁיבָא שִׁנּוּי מַרְאֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ושינו את מראיו כשר – that the rinsing of utensils is not considered a change in appearance (i.e., color).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:3:2
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**וְאֵין פּוֹסְלִים אוֹתוֹ בְשִׁנּוּי מַרְאֶה.** מִשּׁוּם דְּצִבְעָא לֵית בֵּיהּ מְשָׁשָׁא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין פוסלים אותו בשינוי מראה – because color does not have substance in it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:3:3
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**מֹחַל.** מַיִם הַיּוֹצְאִים מִן הַזֵּיתִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ומוחל (thin secretion)– water that comes forth from olives.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:3:4
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**יַמְתִּין עַד שֶׁיֵּרְדוּ גְשָׁמִים.** דִּלְמַלֹּאת בַּכָּתֵף אִי אֶפְשָׁר, דִּבְחָסֵר עָסְקִינַן, שֶׁהוּא נִפְסָל בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה לֻגִּין:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ימתין עד שירדו גשמים – that to fill it [by drawing water in buckets] with one’s shoulder is impossible, for we are dealing with that which is lacking, and it would be invalidated with three LOGS [of drawn water].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:3:5
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**מְמַלֵּא בַכָּתֵף.** דְּמִקְוֶה שָׁלֵם אֵין הַשְּׁאוּבִים פּוֹסְלִים אוֹתוֹ לְעוֹלָם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ממלא בכתף – for a complete/filled Mikveh, the drawn [waters] do not invalidate it (i.e., the Mikveh) ever.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:4:1
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**אֵין בּוֹ מַרְאֵה מַיִם אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה.** אִם אֵין בַּמִּקְוֶה אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶן מַרְאֵה מַיִם, לֹא יִטְבֹּל בְּאוֹתוֹ מִקְוֶה אֲפִלּוּ בְאוֹתוֹ צַד שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ מַרְאֵה מַיִם. וְאִם טָבַל, לֹא עָלְתָה לוֹ טְבִילָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין בו מראה מים ארבעים סאה – if there aren’t in the Mikveh forty Seah that have the appearance/color of water, he should not ritually immerse in that Mikveh even on that side that has in it the appearance/color of water, but if he ritually immersed, his immersion has no effect.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:5:1
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**וְנָפְלוּ לְמִקְוֶה לֹא פְסָלוּהוּ.** הוֹאִיל וְהֵן נִרְאִין כְּיַיִן, וּמֵי פֵרוֹת אֵין פּוֹסְלִין בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה לֻגִּין:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ונפלו למקוה לא פסלוהו – for since they appear like wine, and fruit juice does not invalidate [the Mikveh] with three LOG.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:5:2
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**הַכֹּל הוֹלֵךְ אַחַר הַמַּרְאֶה.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין הֶחָלָב פּוֹסֵל הַמִּקְוֶה וְאֵין בַּמַּיִם שִׁעוּר שְׁלֹשָׁה לֻגִּין לִפְסֹל, מִכָּל מָקוֹם כֵּיוָן שֶׁיֵּשׁ כָּאן שְׁלֹשָׁה לֻגִּין שֶׁנִּרְאִין כְּמַיִם, חָשְׁבִינַן לְהוּ כְּאִלּוּ כֻלָּן מַיִם. וּפוֹסְלִין. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן נוּרִי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כל הולך אחר המראה – even though the milk does not invalidate the Mikveh and there isn’t in the water a measure of three LOG to invalidate, nevertheless since there are here three LOG that appear like water, we consider them as if they are all water and they invalidate. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:6:1
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**הַשֵּׁנִי טָמֵא.** דְּוַדַּאי חָסַר שִׁעוּר הַמִּקְוֶה בִּטְבִילָתוֹ שֶׁל רִאשׁוֹן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והשני טמא – for certainly there is a lack in the measurement of the Mikveh through the ritual immersion of the first [person].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:6:2
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**אַף הַשֵּׁנִי טָהוֹר.** דְּאָמְרִינַן גּוּד אַחֵית, וְהָוֵי כְאִלּוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁהֶעֱלָה הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּגוּפוֹ הֵן מְחֻבָּרִין לְמֵי מִקְוֶה וְלֹא נֶחְסַר מִשִּׁעוּרוֹ כְלוּם. וּפֵרְשׁוּ בַגְּמָרָא דַחֲגִיגָה [דַּף יט] דְּלֹא טִהֵר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אֶלָּא בְמַעֲלוֹת דְּרַבָּנָן, כְּגוֹן שֶׁהָיָה טָהוֹר לְחֻלִּין וְטָבַל לִהְיוֹת טָהוֹר לְמַעֲשֵׂר, אוֹ שֶׁהָיָה טָהוֹר לְמַעֲשֵׂר וְטָבַל לִהְיוֹת טָהוֹר לִתְרוּמָה. אֲבָל לַעֲלוֹת מִטֻּמְאָה גְמוּרָה לְטָהֳרָה, דִּבְרֵי הַכֹּל טָמֵא. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אף השני טהור – for we say that we lower [the partition], for it is as if the water that the first person brought up on his body is attached to the waters of the Mikveh, and it (i.e., the Mikveh) is not lacking anything from its measurement. And they explained in the Gemara (i.e., Talmud) of [Tractate] Hagigah [19a] that Rabbi Yehuda did not purify other than according to the gradations of the Rabbis, as for example that he was ritually pure for non-sacred things and he immersed in order to become ritually pure for tithes, or that he was ritually pure for tithes and he immersed in order to become pure for priest’s due/heave offerings. But to ascend from complete ritual impurity to purity, he is ritually impure to everyone. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:6:3
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**סָגוֹס.** בֶּגֶד צֶמֶר עָב, וְקוֹרִין לוֹ בַעֲרָבִי אלבורנו"ס, וּבוֹלֵעַ מַיִם הַרְבֵּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
סגוס (coarse woolen blanket – usually as a mattress to sleep on) – a thick woolen clothing, and we call it in Arabic ALBORNOS, and it absorbs a lot of water.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:6:4
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**מִקְצָתוֹ נוֹגֵעַ בַּמַּיִם טָהוֹר.** וּבְמִקְוֶה שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה מְצֻמְצָמוֹת אַיְרֵי, וְטָבַל בּוֹ אָדָם לְאַחַר שֶׁהִטְבִּיל בּוֹ אֶת הַסָּגוֹס, טָהוֹר הָאִישׁ הַטּוֹבֵל אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנֶּחְסַר שִׁעוּר מִקְוֶה בִּטְבִילַת הַסָּגוֹס, מֵאַחַר שֶׁמִּקְצָת הַסָּגוֹס נוֹגֵעַ בַּמַּיִם. וְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה הִיא דִסְבִירָא לֵיהּ אָמְרִינַן גּוּד אַחֵית:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מקצתו נוגע במים טהור – and we are speaking of a Mikveh that has in it exactly forty Seah [of water] and another person immersed after he immersed in it the thick woolen cloth, the person who immersed is ritually pure even though that it is lacking the measurement of the Mikveh with the immersion of the thick woolen cloth, for since part of the thick woolen cloth touches the water. And Rabbi Yehuda is the one who holds that we state that גוד אחית/we lower the partition (i.e., it is as if the water on the thick woolen cloth was still in the water).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:6:5
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**הַמַּיִם שֶׁבְּתוֹכָן שְׁאוּבִים.** וְחוֹזְרִים וּפוֹסְלִים אֶת הַמִּקְוֶה בִּשְׁלשָׁה לֻגִּים. שֶׁהֲרֵי לֹא הָיוּ בוֹ אֶלָּא אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה מְכֻוָּנוֹת וְנִתְחַסֵּר כְּשֶׁהִגְבִּיהַּ שִׂפְתוֹתֵיהֶן מִן הַמַּיִם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
המים שבתוכו שאובים – and we return and invalidate the Mikveh with the three LOG [of drawn water] for there were only exactly forty Seah [of fit/kosher water] in it and it became lacking when he lifted their lips out of the water.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:6:6
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**וּמַעֲלֶה אוֹתָם דֶּרֶךְ שׁוּלֵיהֶם.** כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִפְּלוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁבְּתוֹכָן לַמִּקְוֶה וְיִפָּסְלוּ כָל מֵימָיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ומעלה אותם דרך שוליהם – in order that the water that is within them doesn’t fall to the Mikveh and will invalidate all of its waters.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:7:1
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**הִטְבִּיל בּוֹ אֶת הַמִּטָּה.** שֶׁרַגְלֶיהָ גְבוֹהוֹת, וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לְהַטְבִּילָהּ כֻּלָּהּ כְּאַחַת בְּמִקְוֶה קָטָן כָּזֶה שֶׁשִּׁעוּרוֹ מְצֻמְצָם, אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן רַגְלֶיהָ שׁוֹקְעוֹת בַּטִּיט:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הטביל בו את המטה – whose legs are high, and it is impossible to ritually immerse all of it as one in a small Mikveh like this whose measurements are exact, unless its legs sink down in the [thick] mud.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:7:2
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**הֶעָבֶה.** שֶׁאֵינוֹ נָרוֹק וְאֵין מַטְבִּילִין בּוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
העבה – that is not miry (see Mishnah 1 of this chapter), and we don’t ritually immerse in it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:7:3
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**שֶׁהַמַּיִם מְקַדְּמִין.** לְהַטְבִּיל הָרַגְלַיִם קֹדֶם שֶׁיִּשְׁקְעוּ בַטִּיט, וּבַמַּיִם הֻטְבְּלוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שהמים מקדמין – to ritually immerse the legs prior to its sinking in the mud, and it was [ritually] immersed in water.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:7:4
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**שֶׁמֵּימָיו מְרֻדָּדִים.** שֶׁאֵין הַמַּיִם עֲמֻקִּים, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהַמִּקְוֶה רָחָב וְהַמַּיִם מִתְפַּשְּׁטִים בְּכֻלּוֹ. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה, אֵין כָּל גּוּפוֹ מִתְכַּסֶּה בַמַּיִם בְּבַת אַחַת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שמימיו מרודדים – that the waters are not deep, on account that the Mikveh is wide and the waters spread out throughout all of it, and even though it has forty Seah one’s whole body is not covered with water all at once.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:7:5
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**כּוֹבֵשׁ.** לְצַד אֶחָד שֶׁל מִקְוֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כובש (presses down) – to one side of the Mikveh.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:7:6
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**אֲפִלּוּ חֲבִילֵי עֵצִים וְקָנִים.** וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּנִרְאֶה כְמִקְוֶה שֶׁחִלְּקוֹ, אֲפִלּוּ הָכִי הוֹאִיל וְהַמַּיִם נִכְנָסִין בֵּינֵיהֶן, לֹא הָוֵי חִלּוּק. וְכוֹבֵשׁ דְּנָקַט, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהָעֵצִים וְהַקָּנִים צָפִים עַל פְּנֵי הַמַּיִם, וְצָרִיךְ לִכְבֹּשׁ עֲלֵיהֶם אֲבָנִים כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּכָּנְסוּ תַחַת הַמַּיִם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אפילו חבילי עצים וקנים – and even though it appears like a Mikveh that they divided, nevertheless since the water enters between them, it is not a division. And the word וכובש"”/he presses that it (i.e., the Mishnah) uses, because the wood and the reeds float over the face of the water and heneeds to press upon them stones in order that they will enter underneath the water.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:7:7
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**הָיָה מוֹלִיךְ וּמֵבִיא בַמַּיִם.** מְנַעְנֵעַ הַמַּיִם בְּיָדָיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
היה מוליך ומביא במים – he shakes/stirs the water with his hand.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 7:7:8
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**כֵּיוָן שֶׁעָבַר הַגַּל.** שֶׁל מַיִם עַל הַמַּעֲלָה שֶׁל מִקְוֶה שֶׁהַמַּחַט מֻנָּח בָּהּ וְצָפוּ מֵי הַגַּל עַל הַמַּחַט, טְהוֹרָה. וּלְפִי שֶׁהַמַּחַט דַּקָּה וּקְטַנָּה וְיָרֵא פֶן תִּפֹּל בַּמַּיִם, דֶּרֶךְ לְהַטְבִּילָהּ כֵּן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כיון שעבר הגל – [the wave] of water over the top of the Mikveh that the needle is placed in it and the waters of the wave have floated over the needle, it is [ritually] pure. And because the needle is thin and small, and he fears lest it will fall into the water, this is the manner of [ritually] immersing it.