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A stream of water, and water descending an incline [katafres], and liquid that rendered an item moist do not connect, neither for ritual impurity nor for purity. These liquids do not connect for impurity, e.g., if impure water is in one place and becomes attached to another source of water pouring
The Talmud answers: No, this dilemma is necessary in a case where there is liquid that rendered an item moist enough to render another item moist. In other words, the half of the hand that was washed is not merely slightly moist, it is moist enough to render something else moist. The Talmud asks:
The Talmud suggests: Perhaps the halakha that liquid rendered an item moist enough to render another item moist joins with other liquid is stated only with regard to the issue of ritual baths, and this is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda. As we learned in a Mishnah (Mikvaot 7:6): In the c
If they immersed sequentially, then the first person is ritually pure, as he immersed in a mikveh that contains the requisite amount of water, but the second person is impure, because some of the water must certainly have clung to the first individual as he left the mikveh. Consequently, after th
R' Yehuda says: If the first person’s feet were still touching the water in the mikveh when the second person immersed, then the second person is also ritually pure. According to the opinion of R' Yehuda, the water left on the body of the person who has immersed connects with the water in the mikve