Commentary for Chullin 124:1

פוסלין מי חטאת חוץ מן היונה מפני שמוצצת

render invalid the waters of purification<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If they had drunk therefrom. All birds, excepting doves, when drinking do not suck up the water but raise it in their beaks, and it is inevitable that some water should not run out of the beak and, in this case, drip back again into the bowl of purification water. This dripping would render the purification water invalid, because the water is thereby disturbed and it is considered as if it were put to some work. V. supra 9b.');">¹</span>

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