פרה ה׳Parah 5

Perek 5 of 12 in Parah — 9 mishnayot

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Mishnah 1א׳

הַמֵּבִיא כְּלִי חֶרֶס לְחַטָּאת, טוֹבֵל וְלָן עַל הַכִּבְשָׁן. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אַף מִן הַבַּיִת הוּא מֵבִיא וְכָשֵׁר, שֶׁהַכֹּל נֶאֱמָנִים עַל הַחַטָּאת. וּבַתְּרוּמָה, פּוֹתֵחַ אֶת הַכִּבְשָׁן וְנוֹטֵל. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, מִן הַסֵּדֶר הַשֵּׁנִי. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, מִן הַסֵּדֶר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי:

One who brings an earthenware vessel for the chatat [to fill with water to be sanctified by the ashes of the red heifer], he immerses himself [first, for purification], and sleeps at the furnace [in order to make sure no impure person touches it once it is completed]. Rabbi Yehuda says: He can even bring it from the house [of the potter] and it is valid, since [the testimony of] everyone believed regarding the chatat [due to the stringency of the matter]. And regarding trumah [a portion separated from grains and fruit grown in Israel and given to a priest, and which must be kept pure], one should open the furnace and take it [to ensure that the vessel stays pure]. Rabbi Shimon says: from the second row [and not from the first row, since someone impure may have already opened the furnace and touched it]. Rabbi Yose says: from the third row.

Mishnah 2ב׳

הַמַּטְבִּיל כְּלִי לְחַטָּאת בְּמַיִם שֶׁאֵינָם רְאוּיִים לְקַדֵּשׁ, צָרִיךְ לְנַגֵּב. בְּמַיִם שֶׁהֵם רְאוּיִים לְקַדֵּשׁ, אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לְנַגֵּב. אִם לְהוֹסִיף לְתוֹכוֹ מַיִם מְקֻדָּשִׁין, בֵּין כָּךְ וּבֵין כָּךְ צָרִיךְ לְנַגֵּב:

One who immerses a vessel for the chatat in water which is not suitable for sanctifying [for the chatat ritual, by mixing it with the ashes], it needs to be dried; in water which is suitable for sanctifying, it does not need to be dried. If [he intends] to add into it water which has already been sanctified, either way, it requires drying.

Mishnah 3ג׳

קֵרוּיָה שֶׁהִטְבִּילוּהָ בְמַיִם שֶׁאֵין רְאוּיִין לְקַדֵּשׁ, מְקַדְּשִׁין בָּהּ עַד שֶׁתִּטְמָא. נִטְמְאָה, אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין בָּהּ. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, אִם מְקַדֵּשׁ הוּא בָהּ בַּתְּחִלָּה, אַף בַּסּוֹף יְקַדֵּשׁ בָּהּ. אִם אֵינוֹ מְקַדֵּשׁ בָּהּ בַּסּוֹף, אַף לֹא בַתְּחִלָּה. בֵּין כָּךְ וּבֵין כָּךְ, לֹא יוֹסִיף לְתוֹכָהּ מַיִם מְקֻדָּשִׁים:

A [dried and hollowed] gourd that was immersed in water that is unsuitable for sanctification, we sanctify [water for the ritual] in it as long as it has not yet become impure. Once it becomes impure, we do not sanctify in it [because we are concerned that it will emit invalid water into the sanctified water]. Rabbi Yehoshua says: If you allow it to be used for sanctification from the start [before it became impure], so too at the end [after it became impure] may you sanctify in it. If you do not allow sanctifying in it at the end, so too not at the beginning. Either way, one should not add into it [already] sanctified water.

Mishnah 4ד׳

שְׁפוֹפֶרֶת שֶׁחֲתָכָהּ לְחַטָּאת, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, יַטְבִּיל מִיָּד. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, יְטַמֵּא וְיַטְבִּיל. הַכֹּל כְּשֵׁרִים לְקַדֵּשׁ, חוּץ מֵחֵרֵשׁ שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מַכְשִׁיר בְּקָטָן, וּפוֹסֵל בְּאִשָּׁה וּבְאַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס:

A tube which was cut for the chatat [as a vessel in which to sanctify the water with the ashes], Rabbi Eliezer says: it should be immersed immediately; Rabbi Yehoshua says: it should be made impure [first] and then immersed. Everyone is valid to sanctify [the water for the ritual, by mixing it with the ashes] except for a deaf-mute, a shoteh, and a minor. Rabbi Yehuda validates with a minor and invalidates with a woman or an androginos [person (or animal) with both male and female sexual organs. It is halachically uncertain whether such is is male, female or, perhaps, has a uniquely defined halachic gender].

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Mishnah, Torat Emet 357 edition, via Sefaria — public domain

English: Sefaria Community Translation — CC0