Related for Berakhot 44:9
בשלמא למ"ד אפי' בכלים היינו דקתני ר' יהודה אומר מ' סאה מכל מקום אלא למ"ד בקרקע אין בכלים לא מכל מקום לאתויי מאי
It is quite right for him who says, "It applies even [to water] in vessels," for that is what has been stated, viz. : "R. Judah says that in every case forty Saot are required" ; but for him who says, "In the ground, yes, but in vessels, no," what does the phrase "in every case" include?
Tosefta Berakhot
A man who had a seminal emission (Baal Keri) and is sick, if nine Kavs of water were poured on him, he may read [the Shema]. But he may not fulfill the obligation [of reading the Shema] for others until he dips himself in forty Seah [of water]. Rebbi Yehudah says, “Forty Seah no matter what."
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