Commentary for Pesachim 34:5

והכא קאמר (רבן) שמעון בכלים טמאין בקרקע טהורין ואי הלכתא היא מה לי בכלים מה לי בקרקע קשיא

And even of water too we said this only when there is a rebi'ith, so that needles and hooks can be bathed therein;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If they are unclean, the rebi'ith of water in the ground serving as a ritual bath, as it can do by Biblical law, through the Rabbis enacted that forty se'ahs is the minimum capacity. Still, since by Biblical law it constitutes a mikweh itself, the water cannot be defiled. A rebi'ith is the minimum which may constitute a mikweh.');">⁴</span> but if less than a rebi'ith.

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