## Mishnah Mikvaot Chapter 10

###### Mishnah Mikvaot 10:1
[Mishnah Mikvaot 10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Mikvaot/r/10:1)

כָּל יְדוֹת הַכֵּלִים שֶׁהִכְנִיסָן שֶׁלֹּא כְדַרְכָּן, אוֹ שֶׁהִכְנִיסָן כְּדַרְכָּן וְלֹא מֵרְקָן, אוֹ שֶׁמֵּרְקָן וְנִשְׁבְּרוּ, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ חוֹצְצִין. כְּלִי שֶׁהִטְבִּילוֹ דֶּרֶךְ פִּיו, כְּאִלּוּ לֹא טָבָל. הִטְבִּילוֹ כְדַרְכּוֹ בְלֹא זִבּוֹרִית, עַד שֶׁיַּטֶּנּוּ עַל צִדּוֹ. כְּלִי שֶׁהוּא צַר מִכָּאן וּמִכָּאן וְרָחָב מִן הָאֶמְצַע, אֵינוֹ טָהוֹר עַד שֶׁיַּטֶּנּוּ עַל צִדּוֹ. צְלוֹחִית שֶׁפִּיהָ שׁוֹקֵעַ, אֵינָהּ טְהוֹרָה עַד שֶׁיְּנַקְּבֶנָּה מִצִּדָּהּ. קַלְמָרִין הֶדְיוֹטוֹת, אֵינָהּ טְהוֹרָה עַד שֶׁיְּנַקְּבֶנָּה מִצִּדָּהּ. וְקַלְמָרִין שֶׁל יוֹסֵף הַכֹּהֵן הָיְתָה נְקוּבָה בְצִדָּהּ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Any handles of vessels which were inserted improperly, or which were inserted properly but not secured, or which were secured but they broke, these thereby interpose [i.e. if they are touching something as is being immersed, they prevent it from being purified]. A vessel that was immersed by way of its mouth [i.e. with its mouth face down] is as though it was not immersed. If one immersed it properly [but] without its bottom rim, [it is not pure] until he tips it to its side [so that it will be fully immersed]. A vessel which is narrow at both ends and wide in the middle is not pure until one tips it on its side. A flask with a sunken mouth is not pure until one punctures it on its side [before immersing it]. The ink jar of a commoner is not pure until one punctures it one its side. And the ink jar of Yosef the Priest was punctured on its side.


###### Mishnah Mikvaot 10:2
[Mishnah Mikvaot 10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Mikvaot/r/10:2)

הַכַּר וְהַכֶּסֶת שֶׁל עוֹר, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ צְרִיכִין שֶׁיָּבֹאוּ בָהֶם הַמָּיִם. כֶּסֶת עֲגֻלָּה, וְהַכַּדּוּר, וְהָאֵמוּם, וְהַקָּמֵעַ, וְהַתְּפִלָּה, אֵינָן צְרִיכִין שֶׁיָּבֹאוּ בָהֶם הַמָּיִם. זֶה הַכְּלָל, כֹּל שֶׁאֵין דַּרְכּוֹ לְהַכְנִיס וּלְהוֹצִיא, טוֹבְלִים סְתוּמִים:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A leather pillow or cushion require [if one is immersing them to be purified] that the water enter into them. A round cushion, or a [leather] ball, or a shoemakers last, or an amulet or a *tefillah* [singular of *tefillin*] do not require that the water enter into them. This is the general rule: anything into which things are not normally inserted and removed may be immersed while sealed [and does not require that the water enter into it].


###### Mishnah Mikvaot 10:3
[Mishnah Mikvaot 10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Mikvaot/r/10:3)

אֵלּוּ שֶׁאֵינָם צְרִיכִים שֶׁיָּבֹאוּ בָהֶם הַמַּיִם, קִשְׁרֵי הֶעָנִי, וְהַנִּימִין, וַחֲבַט שֶׁל סַנְדָּל, וּתְפִלָּה שֶׁל רֹאשׁ בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא חוֹצָה, וְשֶׁל זְרוֹעַ בִּזְמַן שֶׁאֵינָהּ עוֹלָה וְיוֹרֶדֶת, וְאָזְנֵי הַחֵמֶת, וְאָזְנֵי הַתַּרְמוּל:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The following do not require that the water enter into them [when they are immersed]: the knots [in the clothing] of a poor person, and [the knots in] the fringes [along the edge of one’s clothing], and the fastening of a sandal [which is not made to be unfastened], and the head *tefillah* when it [i.e. its knot] is tight, or that of the arm when it [i.e. its knot] does not slide up and down, and the handles of a jug, and the handles of a bag.


###### Mishnah Mikvaot 10:4
[Mishnah Mikvaot 10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Mikvaot/r/10:4)

אֵלּוּ שֶׁהֵם צְרִיכִים שֶׁיָּבֹאוּ בָהֶן הַמַּיִם, הַקֶּשֶׁר שֶׁבַּפְּרַקְסִים שֶׁבַּכָּתֵף, וְשָׂפָה שֶׁל סָדִין צָרִיךְ לְמַתֵּחַ, וּתְפִלָּה שֶׁל רֹאשׁ בִּזְמַן שֶׁאֵינָהּ חוֹצָה, וְשֶׁל זְרוֹעַ בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא עוֹלָה וְיוֹרֶדֶת, וּשְׁנָצִין שֶׁל סַנְדָּל, וּבְגָדִים שֶׁהִטְבִּילָן מְכֻבָּסִין, עַד שֶׁיְּבַעְבְּעוּ. הִטְבִּילָן נְגוּבִין, עַד שֶׁיְּבַעְבְּעוּ וְיָנוּחוּ מִבִּעְבּוּעָן:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The following require that the water enter into them [when they are immersed]: the knot at the shoulder of an undershirt, and the edge of a sheet [though it] must be spread out, and the head *tefilah* when it is not tight, and that of the arm when it slides up and down, and the straps of a sandal [used for fastening it]. Clothes that were immersed after being washed, [are not pure] until they bubble [i.e. they are pure once they rest on the water, even if they are still air bubbles between the clothing and the water]; if one immersed them after they were dried, [they are not pure] until they bubble and finish their bubbling [i.e. until they have been fully immersed, with no air bubbles separating them from the water].


###### Mishnah Mikvaot 10:5
[Mishnah Mikvaot 10:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Mikvaot/r/10:5)

כָּל יְדוֹת הַכֵּלִים שֶׁהֵם אֲרֻכִּין וְעָתִיד לִקְצֹץ, מַטְבִּילָן עַד מְקוֹם הַמִּדָּה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, עַד שֶׁיַּטְבִּיל אֶת כֻּלּוֹ. שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת דְּלִי גָדוֹל, אַרְבָּעָה טְפָחִים, וְשֶׁל קָטָן, עֲשָׂרָה, מַטְבִּילָן עַד מְקוֹם הַמִּדָּה. רַבִּי טַרְפוֹן אוֹמֵר, עַד שֶׁיַּטְבִּיל אֶת כָּל הַטַּבַּעַת. הַחֶבֶל שֶׁהוּא קָשׁוּר בַּקֻּפָּה אֵינוֹ חִבּוּר, אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן תָּפָר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
All handles of vessels that are long and will eventually be trimmed should be immersed until the measured place [where they will be trimmed]. Rabbi Yehuda says: [such a vessel is not pure] until one immerses all of it. The [measure for the] chain of a large bucket is four handbreadths, and of a small one, ten; they should be immersed until the area of the [respective] measurement. Rabbi Tarfon says: [it is not pure] until one immerses the entire link [at which the measurement ended]. A rope that is tied to a basket is not considered attached unless one sewed [it on].


###### Mishnah Mikvaot 10:6
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בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, אֵין מַטְבִּילִין חַמִּין בְּצוֹנֵן וְלֹא צוֹנֵן בְּחַמִּין, לֹא יָפִים בְּרָעִים וְלֹא רָעִים בְּיָפִים. בֵּית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, מַטְבִּילִין. כְּלִי שֶׁהוּא מָלֵא מַשְׁקִין וְהִטְבִּילוֹ, כְּאִלּוּ לֹא טָבָל. מָלֵא מֵי רַגְלַיִם, רוֹאִים אוֹתָם כְּאִלּוּ הֵם מָיִם. מָלֵא מֵי חַטָּאת, עַד שֶׁיִּרְבּוּ הַמַּיִם עַל מֵי חַטָּאת. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, אֲפִלּוּ כְלִי מַחֲזִיק כּוֹר וְאֵין בּוֹ אֶלָּא רְבִיעִית, כְּאִלּוּ לֹא טָבָל:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Beit Shammai say: Hot waters cannot be immersed in cold waters, nor cold waters in hot waters, nor good waters in bad waters, nor bad waters in good waters. Beit Hillel say: these can be immersed. If a vessel is full of liquid [i.e. not water] and one immersed it, it is as though it was not immersed. If it was full of urine, it is viewed as though it were water [and the vessel is pure]. If it was full of *chatat* waters [waters sanctified with the ashes of the red heifer and used as part of the purification ritual, it is not pure], until the water is greater than the amount of the *chatat* waters. Rabbi Yose says: even if a vessel that can hold a *kor* [a large unit of volume] has in it only a *revi’it* [a smaller unit of volume, of any of these liquids other than water], it is as though it was not immersed.


###### Mishnah Mikvaot 10:7
[Mishnah Mikvaot 10:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Mikvaot/r/10:7)

כָּל הָאֳכָלִין מִצְטָרְפִין לִפְסֹל אֶת הַגְּוִיָּה בְּכַחֲצִי פְרָס. כָּל הַמַּשְׁקִין מִצְטָרְפִין לִפְסֹל אֶת הַגְּוִיָּה בִּרְבִיעִית. זֶה חֹמֶר בְּשׁוֹתֶה מַשְׁקִין טְמֵאִין מִבַּמִּקְוֶה, שֶׁעָשׂוּ בוֹ שְׁאָר הַמַּשְׁקִין כַּמָּיִם:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
All foods can join together [into the minimum measure] of impure foods] to render one’s body invalid [from being able to eat *terumah*, i.e. impure], by [the measure of] half of a *pras* [a specific unit of measure]. All liquids can join together [into the minimum measure of impure liquids] to render one’s body invalid [i.e. impure] by [the measure of] a *revi’it*. In this matter, one who drinks impure liquids is treated more stringently than a *mikveh* [a gathering of water collected by natural means and immersed in for purification], since [regarding one who drinks impure liquids,] they made the rest of the liquids like water for him [i.e. impure liquids other than water can also render one’s body impure if he drinks enough of them; but regarding a *mikveh*, other liquids are not treated like water, since only three *log* of drawn water, and not of other liquids, invalidate a *mikveh*].


###### Mishnah Mikvaot 10:8
[Mishnah Mikvaot 10:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Mikvaot/r/10:8)

אָכַל אֳכָלִים טְמֵאִים, וְשָׁתָה מַשְׁקִים טְמֵאִים, טָבַל וֶהֱקִיאָן, טְמֵאִים, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאֵינָן טְהוֹרִים בַּגּוּף. שָׁתָה מַיִם טְמֵאִים, טָבַל וֶהֱקִיאָם, טְהוֹרִים, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵם טְהוֹרִים בַּגּוּף. בָּלַע טַבַּעַת טְהוֹרָה, נִכְנַס לְאֹהֶל הַמֵּת, הִזָּה וְשָׁנָה וְטָבַל וֶהֱקִיאָהּ, הֲרֵי הִיא כְמוֹת שֶׁהָיְתָה. בָּלַע טַבַּעַת טְמֵאָה, טוֹבֵל וְאוֹכֵל בַּתְּרוּמָה. הֱקִיאָהּ, טְמֵאָה וְטִמְּאַתּוּ. חֵץ שֶׁהוּא תָחוּב בָּאָדָם, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהוּא נִרְאֶה, חוֹצֵץ. וְאִם אֵינוֹ נִרְאֶה, טוֹבֵל וְאוֹכֵל בִּתְרוּמָתוֹ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If one ate impure foods or drank impure liquids [other than water], and immersed, and vomited them out, they [the liquids] are impure because they are not [rendered] pure in the body [as one immerses]. If one drank impure waters, and immersed, and vomited them out, they [the waters] are pure because they are [rendered] pure in the body. If one swallowed a pure ring, and entered a tent containing a dead body [thereby rendering himself impure], and was sprinkled [with the *chatat* waters as part of the purification process], and was [then sprinkled] a second time, and immersed, and vomited it out, it thereby is as it was [i.e. the ring remains pure, since swallowed items are not rendered impure, and the body had already been purified once it was vomited out]. If one swallowed an impure ring, he may immerse and then eat *terumah* [that evening, and is not rendered impure by the swallowed item]. If he vomited it out, it is impure, and it has rendered him impure. Regarding an arrow stuck into a person, at times when it can be seen [sticking out of the body], it interposes [and prevents one from having a fully valid immersion]; but at times when it cannot be seen, one may immerse and then eat his *terumah* [that evening, and the arrow is not considered an interposition preventing an effective immersion].