Quoting%20commentary for Sukkah 74:1

הא הפילו הוא כשר אמאי (במדבר יט, יז) ולקחו ונתן אמר רחמנא אלא לאו שמע מינה לקיחה ע"י דבר אחר שמה לקיחה

From this it follows that if he threw them into the water they are valid. Now why [should that be so]? Did not the Torah say, "And they shall take of the ashes . . . and he shall put" (Numbers 19:18)? Rather learn from here that taking by means of something else is also regarded as a valid "taking."

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