Mishnah 1
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1)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses what it calls 'the Kidush'. What is the Kidush?

(b)What will be the Din if some of the Kidush falls ...

1. ... on to the Kohen's hand or on to the side of the K'li, and from there into the trough containing the Mei Chatas (see Tos. Yom-Tov DH 'va'Achar-Kach' & 'Nafal ... ')?

2. ... directly from the tube into the trough?

(c)Why is that (based on the Pasuk "ve'Lakchu ve'Nasan")?

2)

(a)If, after taking some ashes out of the tube (but before performing the Kidush), the Kohen covers the tube with them or simply shuts a door, what does the Mishnah say about ...

1. ... the remainder of the ashes that he is still holding in his hand?

2. ... the water in the trough?

(b)What is the reason for this distinction?

(c)And what if, at that stage, he ...

1. ... stands the tube on the floor? Why does he do that?

2. ... covers the tube with his hand? Why is that?

3)

(a)Alternatively, what might the Tana mean when he says 'Zakfah la'Aretz, Pasul'?

(b)What is then the reason for ...

1. ... this ruling?

2. ... the Seifa 'le'Toch Yado, Kasher'?

(c)What is the difference between the two versions?

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4)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses Kidush that is floating on the surface of Mei Parah. What do R. Meir and R. Shimon say about using ...

1. ... some of it to be Mekadesh another Mei Parah?

2. ... ashes that remain at the bottom of the K'li after all the water has been used up for Haza'os?

(b)On what condition is this permitted?

(c)The Chachamim disagree. What do they say in both cases?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah in both rulings?

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5)

(a)The Mishnah talks about a T'fi that is standing in a trough in which one made Kidush. What is a T'fi?

(b)What does the Tana say about the water that seeped into it?

(c)Why might we have thought otherwise?

(d)Then why is it Kadosh?

6)

(a)If there is a sponge in the trough, what is the status of the water that it contains?

(b)What must the Kohen do in that case?

(c)Why is that? What are we worried about?

(d)And what if he touched the sponge?

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7)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about placing one's hand or foot, or even vegetable leaves in the path of water that is flowing down a hill, to divert some of it into a barrel for Mei Parah?

(b)What if he uses bamboo leaves or leaves of a nut-tree?

(c)Why the difference?

8)

(a)The source for the former ruling is the Pasuk in Shemini "Mikveh Mayim Yih'yeh Tahor". How do we learn the principle from there?

(b)What does that have to do with Mei Chatas?

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9)

(a)In which two regards (besides Mei Chatas) does the Mishnah disqualify water from a spring that one diverted into a wine pit or pool?

(b)On what condition is it Pasul?

(c)Why is it Pasul?

(d)What additional reason does the Tana give for disqualifying it from Kidush Mei Chatas (see Tiferes Yisrael), even if they did not interrupt the flow (Tos. Yom-Tov)?

(e)Why is that?

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