Musar for Yoma 27:6

מאי היא כדתנן נתכוון להזות על הבהמה והזה על האדם אם יש באזוב ישנה נתכוון להזות על האדם והזה על הבהמה אם יש באזוב לא ישנה

- For it has been taught: And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XIX, 19: And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean, the words 'upon the unclean' seem superfluous, 'upon him' would have been clear enough. From this R. Akiba infers that only upon the unclean has the sprinkling a cleaning effect, with opposite effect on the clean.');">¹⁴</span> i.e., [if sprinkled] 'upon the unclean', [he becomes] clean, [if sprinkled] upon the clean [he becomes] unclean, this is the opinion of R'Akiba. But the Sages hold that these matters [concerning sprinkling]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Sages also consider the words superfluous, but they find in them the intimation that sprinkling has its effect only upon things susceptible to uncleanness, hence, if sprinkled upon things unsusceptible to uncleanness it has been misused, and whatever is left of the water is invalid and may no more be used for sprinkling and cleansing.');">¹⁵</span>

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