י תנו רבנן כיצד בודקין כלי חרס לידע אם ניקב בכונס משקה אם לאו יביא עריבה מלאה מים ונותן קדרה לתוכה אם כנסה בידוע שכונס משקה ואם לאו בידוע שמוציא משקה
10 as a defective vessel;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Defective vessels which are still suitable for certain uses are, under given conditions, susceptible to uncleanness (cf. Hul. 54b) but when they have a hole of the nature mentioned they lose even the status of a defective vessel and, like broken sherds, are immune from all forms of uncleanness. ');"><sup>21</sup></span> one with a hole THAT WILL LET IT OUT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But will not let it in, sc. a smaller hole. ');"><sup>22</sup></span> is fit for the water of purification<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such a small hole being disregarded in the case of an otherwise sound vessel. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> but unfit as a defective vessel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Being already defective the smallest hole deprives it altogether of its status (cf prev. n. but two). ');"><sup>24</sup></span> R. Assi stated, It was learnt,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shonin Sc. as an oral tradition handed down to Moses from Sinai (Rashi). ');"><sup>25</sup></span> The minimum size [of a hole to render] an earthen vessel [unfit for the consecration of the water of purification] is one that will let a liquid in;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the hole is smaller the vessel retains in all respects the status of a sound one (cf. Shab. 95b.). ');"><sup>26</sup></span> and one that will let a liquid out<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But will not let it in, sc. a smaller hole. ');"><sup>22</sup></span> was mentioned only in respect of a defective vessel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Being already defective the smallest hole deprives it altogether of its status (cf prev. n. but two). ');"><sup>24</sup></span> What is the reason?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the last ruling. ');"><sup>27</sup></span> — Mar Zutra son of R. Nahman replied: Because people do not say,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When there is a leak in a defective vessel. ');"><sup>28</sup></span> 'Bring a defective vessel for another defective vessel'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the former should receive the leakage from the latter. A defective vessel may be so used under an otherwise sound one, since the latter is not discarded on account of a very small hole. When such a hole, however, occurs in a defective vessel it is completely discarded and, therefore, loses its status (cf. supra n. 10). ');"><sup>29</sup></span> Our Rabbis taught: How is an earthen vessel to be tested in order to ascertain whether its perforation is big enough to admit a liquid or not? One brings a tub full of water and puts the pot<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That is to be tested. ');"><sup>30</sup></span> into it. If it absorbs any of the liquid, it may be taken for granted that it lets liquids in; and if not, it may be taken for granted that it only lets liquids out.