Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 27:7

מ"ט דר' עקיבא נכתוב רחמנא והזה הטהור עליו מאי על הטמא שמע מינה על הטמא טהור ועל הטהור טמא ורבנן האי לדברים המקבלין טומאה הוא דאתא אבל הכא קל וחומר הוא אם על הטמא טהור על הטהור לא כל שכן

apply only to such things as are susceptible to uncleanness. I What is it about? - As we have learnt: If he intended sprinkling an animal and [happened to] sprinkle a man, then, if there be sufficient water on the hyssop, he may repeat [the sprinkling].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (I.e., he can use the water left on the hyssop for a second sprinkling without necessarily dipping it again (Rash) .]');">¹⁶</span> If he intended sprinkling a man and he [happened to] sprinkle an animal, then,if there be enough water on the hyssop, he may not repeat [the sprinkling].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Par. XIII, 3. [The hyssop must be dipped anew if the priest desires to perform with it another sprinkling. In having been sprinkled on the animal the water on the hyssop became disqualified as water of purification with which work has been done, and can no longer be used for ritual sprinkling. Thus the Sages infer from the superfluous words 'upon the unclean' that the water of purification may be used only for such things as are susceptible to uncleanness, and by being sprinkled on things not so susceptible it becomes invalid (Rashi) . R. Hananel on the basis of another reading explains differently.]');">¹⁷</span>

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