Commentary for Shabbat 32:8

אמר רב משרשיא דבי רב אמרי הכל מודים כשהניחם בשעת קישור עבים טמאים בשעת פיזור עבים ד"ה טהורין לא נחלקו אלא שהניחם בשעת קישור עבים ונתפזרו וחזרו ונתקשרו מר סבר בטלה מחשבתו ומר סבר לא בטלה מחשבתו

[if he places them there] when the clouds are dispersed, all agree that they are clean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since there were no clouds, his placing the utensils there was not with the intention of filling them. ');">²²</span> They differ only if he places them there when the clouds were massing, but they then dispersed, and subsequently massed together again:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And by then he has forgotten them. ');">²³</span> one Master [Beth Hillel] holds that his intention was nullified,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By the dispersal of the clouds; hence the subsequent filling does not render the water drawn. ');">²⁴</span>

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