Related%20passage for Shabbat 190:3

אמר אביי ואי איתמר להא דרבי זירא הכי הוא דאיתמר ומודה רבי שמעון שאם ניקב למטה מרביעית

Raba said: There are five principles in the case of an earthen utensil: [i] If it has a perforation sufficient [only] for a liquid to run out, it is clean in that it cannot be defiled when already a mutilated vessel,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the vessel is sound, such a small hole does not deprive it of its character as a utensil and it is still susceptible to uncleanness. But if it was already mutilated, e.g..cracked, this added perforation renders it incapable of becoming unclean. ');">⁷</span> yet it is still a utensil in respect of sanctifying the water of lustration therein.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If otherwise sound, v. Num. XIX, 17: putting the water in a utensil is designated sanctification. ');">⁸</span> [ii] If it has a perforation sufficient for a liquid to run in,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That is naturally somewhat larger than the preceding. ');">⁹</span>

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