פרה ו׳Parah 6

Mishnah 1א׳

הַמְקַדֵּשׁ וְנָפַל הַקִּדּוּשׁ עַל יָדוֹ אוֹ עַל הַצַּד וְאַחַר כָּךְ נָפַל עַל הַשֹּׁקֶת, פָּסוּל. נָפַל מִן הַשְּׁפוֹפֶרֶת לַשֹּׁקֶת, פָּסוּל. נָטַל מִשְּׁפוֹפֶרֶת וְכִסָּה, אוֹ שֶׁהֵגִיף אֶת הַדֶּלֶת, הַקִּדּוּשׁ כָּשֵׁר, וְהַמַּיִם פְּסוּלִים. זְקָפָהּ בָּאָרֶץ, פָּסוּל. לְתוֹךְ יָדוֹ, כָּשֵׁר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר:

One who is sanctifying [water for the chatat ritual by adding the ashes of the heifer], if the sanctified[ashes] fell on his hand or on the [vessel's] side and afterwards fell onto the trough [and into the water], it is invalid. If it [the ashes] fell from the tube into the trough [on their own], it is invalid. If he took [ashes] from the tube and covered it [the tube] or closed the door [before putting the ashes in the water], the sanctified[ashes he is holding] are valid, and the water is invalid [since he has done other work during the process of sanctifying the water]. If he set it [the tube] upright into the ground [before mixing in the ashes], [the sanctification] is invalid [since he has done other work in between]; If [he set it upright] in his hand it is valid, because it is (im)possible [otherwise].

Mishnah 2ב׳

הָיָה קִדּוּשׁ צָף עַל פְּנֵי הַמַּיִם, רַבִּי מֵאִיר וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמְרִים, נוֹטֵל וּמְקַדֵּשׁ. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, כֹּל שֶׁנָּגַע בַּמַּיִם, אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין בּוֹ. זָלַף אֶת הַמַּיִם וְנִמְצָא קִדּוּשׁ מִלְּמַטָּן, רַבִּי מֵאִיר וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמְרִים, מְנַגֵּב וּמְקַדֵּשׁ. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, כֹּל שֶׁנָּגַע בַּמַּיִם, אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין בּוֹ:

If the sanctified [ashes] were floating on the water, Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Shimon say: he may take [from the ashes] and sanctify [with them]; and the Sages say: anything which has touched the water, we do not sanctify with it. If the water was emptied and sanctified [ashes] were found at the bottom, Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Shimon say: he may dry and sanctify; and the Sages say: anything which has touched the water, we do not sanctify with it.