My LORD’s BibleMishnah Parah 6
1If one was about to mix the ashes with the water and the ashes fell upon his hand or upon the side of the trough and then fell into the trough, the mixture is invalid. If they fell from the tube into the trough, the mixture is invalid. If he took the ashes from the tube and then covered it, or shut a door, the ashes remain valid but the water becomes invalid. If he put it up erect on the ground, the water becomes invalid. If in his hand, the water is valid, since it is impossible [otherwise]
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: (11690)
2If the ashes floated on the water: Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Shimon rule: one may take some of them and use them in another preparation; But the sages say: with any ashes that have touched water no other mixture may be prepared from them. If he emptied out the water and some ashes were found at the bottom: Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Shimon rule: one may dry them and then use them for another preparation; But the sages rule: with any ashes that have touched water no other mixture may be prepared.
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: (9410)
3One who mixes the water in a trough while a bucket was in it, even though its neck was narrow as can be, the waters in it are prepared. If there was a sponge in the trough, the water in it is invalid. What should he do? He should empty out the water until he gets to the sponge. If one touched the sponge, however much the water that washes over it, the water becomes invalid.
הַמְקַדֵּשׁ בַּשֹּׁקֶת וְהַטְּפִי בְתוֹכָהּ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁפִּיו צַר כָּל שֶׁהוּא, הַמַּיִם שֶׁבְּתוֹכוֹ מְקֻדָּשִׁין. אִם הָיָה סְפוֹג, הַמַּיִם שֶׁבְּתוֹכוֹ פְסוּלִים. כֵּיצַד יַעֲשֶׂה, יְזַלֵּף עַד שֶׁהוּא מַגִּיעַ לַסְּפוֹג. נָגַע בַּסְּפוֹג, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהַמַּיִם צָפִין עַל גַּבָּיו כָּל שֶׁהֵן, פְּסוּלִין: (8967)
4If he placed his hand or his foot or leaves of vegetables in such a manner as to enable the water to run into a jar, the water is invalid. If he used leaves of reeds or leaves of nuts the water is valid. This is the general rule: [water passing over] that which is susceptible to uncleanness is invalid, but [water passing over] that which is not susceptible to uncleanness is valid.
נָתַן יָדוֹ אוֹ רַגְלוֹ אוֹ עֲלֵי יְרָקוֹת כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּעַבְרוּ הַמַּיִם לֶחָבִית, פְּסוּלִים. עֲלֵי קָנִים וַעֲלֵי אֱגוֹז, כְּשֵׁרִים. זֶה הַכְּלָל, דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא מְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה, פָּסוּל. וְדָבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה, כָּשֵׁר: (6349)
5One who diverts a spring into a wine vat or into pools, the water is invalid for zavim and metzoraim. And also for the preparation of the hatat water. Because it was not drawn into a vessel.
הַמְפַנֶּה אֶת הַמַּעְיָן לְתוֹךְ הַגַּת, אוֹ לְתוֹךְ הַגֵּבִים, פְּסוּלִים לַזָּבִים וְלַמְצֹרָעִים וּלְקַדֵּשׁ בָּהֶן מֵי חַטָּאת, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁלֹּא נִתְמַלְּאוּ בְכֶלִי: (5009)
English translation: Joshua Kulp, Mishnah Yomit (Conservative Yeshiva), via Sefaria, licensed CC BY; changes made (line breaks, spacing, a typo, and Kulp's study notes removed from five mishnayot). Hebrew: Torat Emet 357, public domain; Bikkurim chapter 4 from Dan Be'eri's edition of the Kaufmann manuscript, public domain.