Mikvaos, Siman 201 Shiur 12, 5/7/19

Shiur 12

May 7, 2019

1- We continued to learn the second half of סעיף ט”ו.

Here begins the Sugya of  שלשה לוגין. The basic concept is that in order to drive the point that only a proper Kosher Mikvah achieves טהרה, and not a ‘shower’ or ‘bath’, the חכמים enacted various גזירות concerning מים שאובים.

The most famous one is that by just entering a pool of water that is not a proper Mikvah renders someone טמא!  Ditto when taking a shower.

In our case the גזירה concerns a Mikvah that does not have full 40 סאה. If one puts in 3 Lugin (which is about a quart), of מים שאובים the Mikvah becomes פסול. So even if a Mikvah is missing a drop less that the full 40 סאה, adding the 3 Lugin spoils this Mikvah. (We will learn later on on how to remedy this situation).

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2- Here is the Shulchan Aruch:

אבל כל זמן שאין במקוה מ’ סאה, אפילו אם אינו חסר אלא כל שהוא, אם נפלו לתוכו ג’ לוגים מים שאובים, פסלוהו – However, any time that a mikvah does not have 40 seah, even if it is missing an infinitesimal amount, if 3 lugin of drawn water fall inside, it invalidated the Mikva. 

לא שנא שאבן בכלי, לא שנא סוחט כסותו והגביהו והמים שבה נופלין ממקומות הרבה (רמב”ם פ”ה;  – It does not matter if the drawn water is from a vessel, or if one squeezes one’s clothing above the Mikvah and the water drips from many places;   וכן המערה מהצרצור ומטיל ממקומות הרבה לתוכו, או שזרקם בחפניו, ואפילו נפלו בו משני כלים או משלשה, מזה מעט ומזה מעט, מצטרפין – and the same ruling will also apply if one pours from a watering pot and it pours from the many holes into the Mikva, or it is thrown with his hands, and even if it is dropped from two or three pots, a little from this one and a little from that one, they combine to invalidate it with 3 lugin.

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3- We discussed the case when  “one squeezes one’s clothing above the Mikvah and the water drips from many places”. Is the issue here שאובין or is the issue that this Mikvah was created via ‘the hand of a human’?  

4- What is a צרצור? Some say it is a garden watering can.

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5- We mentioned the Mishna in כלים 2, 6. Where a vessel called Titrus is mentioned.  טִיטְרוֹס

What is a Titrus? Jastrow translates it: a perforated vessel, sprinkler, strainer.

We mentioned the Rambam who says that it is a vessel that has one hole on the top and many holes on the bottom. To use it one dunks the entire Keli into water. He then places his finger on the top hole thereby causing the water not to leak out of the bottom.

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6- Not to be confused with the Greek word Tetris which is a prefix for the number 4. Hence the name of the Tetris game which derived its name from Tetris since all the shape configuration have four squares.

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We continued to learn Seif 16-19

סעיף טז

Mechaber

הספוג שבלועין בו ג’ לוגין וכשנפל למקוה נתערבו המים הבלועין עם מי המקוה, – A sponge that absorbed 3 lugin and when it fell into a mikvah the absorbed water mixed with the mikvah waters, וכן דלי שפיו צר ובו ג’ לוגין מים שאובין ונפל למקוה ולא יצאו כל המים שבתוכו אלא נתערבו עם מי המקוה, – and Likewise a bucket that has a narrow opening that contains 3 lugin of drawn water that fell into a mikvah and not all of the water that was in it came out but it mixed with the mikvah water, לא פסלוהו  –  It is not invalid   שלא אמרו אלא שלשה לוגין שנפלו ונתערבו כולם עם מי המקוה – Because we only say that the mikvah is invalid if/when 3 lugin of drawn water fall in and mix entirely with the mikvah waters.

סעיף יז

Mechaber

מים שאובין שהיו בצד המקוה, אע”פ שהמים נוגעים במי המקוה, לא פסלוהו – Drawn water that was on the side of the mikvah, even though this water touches the mikvah water, it does not invalidate it.

סעיף יח

Mechaber

שתי בריכות זו למעלה מזו וכותל ביניהן ואחד מהן מלאה מים כשרים וחבירתה מלאה שאובין ונקב ביניהם – Two pools one on top of/next to the other and they are separated by a wall, one filled with kosher water, however less than the requisite 40 seah, the other with drawn water and there is a hole between them,  אם יש כנגד הנקב שלשה לוגין מים שאובין, נפסלה. – If there is 3 lugin of water against the hole, they are invalid.  כמה יהא בנקב ויהיה בו שלשה לוגין, אחד משלש מאות ועשרים לבריכה – How much is needed in the hole for it to have 3 lugin? 1 in 320 to the pool.

1 Seah = 6 kav = 4 lugin

40 Seah = 960 lugin

960/3 = 320th of 40 Seah = 3 lugin

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