יג ורבנן עד כמה כי אתא רב דימי אמר ר"ל אמר ר"ש בר אבא
13 [and the text, 'in a vessel' teaches us that<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Inserted with Sh. Mek.');"><sup>33</sup></span> the waters must be fresh in the vessel]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That he draws the water in the vessel direct and fresh from a fountain and the water is not poured into it from another vessel.');"><sup>34</sup></span> - You cannot interpret the text in this way: Just as we find with regard to all other cases<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., with reference to the waters of jealousy.');"><sup>35</sup></span> that which makes [the water] ritually fit<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the ashes.');"><sup>36</sup></span> is placed on top,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For all the authorities concerned agree that it is the proper performance of the ritual to put the water first into the vessel.');"><sup>37</sup></span> so here<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In connection with the waters of purification.');"><sup>38</sup></span> that which makes [the water of purification] ritually fit is put on top.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Therefore inevitably the latter part of the text 'running water in a vessel' is interpreted in the exact sense, and the first part of the text refers to the need for effective mixing of the water and the ashes.');"><sup>39</sup></span> A GRAVE AREA CANNOT CREATE A GRAVE AREA etc. Our Mishnah will not represent the opinion of R'Eliezer. For we have learnt: R'Eliezer says: A grave area creates a grave area,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' All the four fields surrounding a grave area if ploughed become unclean, for the dust of the grave area causes uncleanness (Rashi) . Tosaf, however, explains R. Eliezer's teaching as follows: If one ploughs a grave area and beyond it to another field, the latter becomes a grave area. If this second field in turn was ploughed and beyond it, the latter field becomes a grave area. Similarly from the third to the fourth, all making each other a grave area.');"><sup>40</sup></span> [whereas<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Inserted with Sh. Mek.');"><sup>41</sup></span> the Sages say: A grave area does not create a grave area].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Oh. VII, 2.');"><sup>42</sup></span> According to the Rabbis, up to how much?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to the Sages, how far does uncleanness extend to other fields.');"><sup>43</sup></span> - When R'Dimi came [from Palestine] he reported in the name of Resh Lakish who reported in the name of R'Simeon B'Abba: